ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,203, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SPM Oil & Gas Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas) and Bosch Rexroth Corp..

"Common plunger for a linear actuated pump" was invented by Wesley P. Clark (Weatherford, Texas), Chandu Kumar (Fort Worth, Texas), John McCrady (Burleson, Texas), Jon Frey (Bethlehem, Pa.) and Royce Gerngross (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linear pump assembly includes a cylinder piston disposed in a generally tubular internal cylinder chamber defined within a cylinder housing having first and second ends, a first plunger-cylinder rod securely coupled to a first end of the cylinder piston and disposed in a first general...