ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,756, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SYNVENTIVE MOLDING SOLUTIONS INC. (Peabody, Mass.).

"Method and apparatus for controlled injection fluid flow" was invented by Vito Galati (Rowley, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An injection molding apparatus (10) comprising: one or more valves each comprised of a valve pin (1040, 1041, 1042) adapted to be driven upstream and downstream through a downstream channel (1006) that has a downstream channel portion (1006ds) that has a control surface (1008), the control surface (1008) forming a channel or restriction gap (CG, 1006rg), the valve pin (1041) being controllably drivable upstream a...