ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,489, issued on July 22, was assigned to Voyager Technologies Inc. (Denver).

"Fluid transfer interface" was invented by Geoffrey Thomas Licciardello (Denver), Jonathan Andrew Goff (Lafayette, Colo.) and Calvin James Murphy (Denver).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid transfer interface is provided. The fluid transfer interface includes one or more of first and second interface portions. The first interface portion includes a first portion of a fluid connector and one or more ferromagnetic surfaces. The second interface portion includes an extendable second portion of the fluid connector and one or more electropermanent magnets, late...