ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,607, issued on July 8, was assigned to RT-FILTERTECHNIK GMBH (Friedrichshafen, Germany).
"Filter device" was invented by Gerhard Stehle (Constance, Germany), Michael Sakraschinsky (St. Ingbert, Germany), Sven Peter Wozniak (Constance, Germany), Dirk Schonfeld (Apolda, Germany), John Otto (Spicheren, France), Alexander Wohlers (Saarburg, Germany), Alexander Backes (Marpingen, Germany), Klaus Morgens (Trier, Germany), Florentin Van Uffelen (Kressbronn a.B., Germany), Marco Tassone (Saarbrucken, Germany) and Markus Stefan Walek (Salem, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filter device has a filter housing (1), in which a replaceable...