ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,809, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Shaw Industries Group Inc. (Dalton, Ga.).

"Polymer injection system comprising multiple pumps and methods of using same" was invented by Joel Corn (Dalton, Ga.) and Richard Rapp (Dalton, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An injection system for injecting additive into a polymer transfer line is disclosed. The injection system can include an extruder having an inlet and an outlet. The injection system can further include a melt pump subsystem comprising at least a first melt pump and a second melt pump. Each melt pump of the first and second melt pumps can have an inlet and an outlet. The inlet...