ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,292, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to VERMES MICRODISPENSING GMBH (Holzkirchen, Germany).

"Metering system" was invented by Mario Fliess (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a metering system (1) for metering a metered medium comprising a frame housing unit (2) and a lever mounting unit (3) which his supported on the frame housing unit (2) comprising a lever mount (4). The invention further comprises a, preferably asymmetrical lever (30) which is supported rotatably by means of the lever mount (4) about a tilt axis (R) comprising a two-sided lever arm (31) extending substantially in a longitudinal direc...