ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,721, issued on March 18, was assigned to RPC Bramlage GmbH (Lohne, Germany).

"Pump for dispensing a fluid" was invented by Sabine Goettke (Lohne, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pump for dispensing a fluid, has a pump head, a piston with a piston body, a pump chamber provided by a pump chamber part, an inlet valve and an outlet valve. The piston body is moveable relative to the pump chamber. The piston body is tube-like, providing a channel for delivering the fluid from the pump chamber via the outlet valve to an outlet opening in the pump head. The outlet valve is a valve body cooperating with a sealing rim formed by an op...