ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,169, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Tushar Jain (New Delhi).

"Fluid control valve" was invented by Yitzhak Orlans (Ojai, Calif.) and Durga Pada Ghosh (Ghaziabad, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid control valve accommodates a high flow of water with minimum pressure loss. The valve is configured with an inlet port extending into an inlet chamber, and an outlet port extending from an outlet chamber. The inlet and outlet chambers are partitioned by a curved sealing bridge. A control chamber accommodates a flexible sealing diaphragm deformable between a sealing position in which it sealingly bears over the curved sealing b...