ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,557, issued on June 3, was assigned to THE COCA-COLA COMPANY (Atlanta).

"Dispensing nozzle assemblies with static mixers" was invented by Jevawn Sebastian Roberts (Tucker, Ga.), Benjamin Campbell Steinhaus (Marietta, Ga.) and Joseph Daniel Dennis (Sandy Springs, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application provides a dispensing nozzle assembly for mixing a first fluid and a second fluid. The dispensing nozzle assembly may include a target assembly with a number of fins and a number of channels and a static mixer positioned about the fins."

The patent was filed on Dec. 17, 2019, under Application No. 17/415,287.

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