US Patent Issued to TPE MIDSTREAM on Nov. 4 for "Valve evacuation apparatus, control, and associated methods" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,762, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to TPE MIDSTREAM LLC (Tulsa, Okla.).

"Valve evacuation apparatus, control, and associated methods" was invented by Douglas A. Sahm (Lutz, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus to evacuate fluid is disclosed herein. The example apparatus includes a vent fluidly coupled to a first location, and a valve evacuation system fluidly coupled between the vent and a second location, the valve evacuation system to compress fluid from the first location and pump the compressed fluid to the second location."

The patent was filed on Sept. 2, 2021, under Application No. 18/042,177.

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