ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,700, issued on July 8, was assigned to VSPARTICLE HOLDING B.V. (Delft, Netherlands).

"Switching device, deposition device comprising the switching device, method for switching a fluid flow, and method for depositing particles onto a substrate" was invented by Katharina Weber (Delft, Netherlands), Max Koole (Delft, Netherlands) and Tobias Vincent Pfeiffer (Delft, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switching device is provided for switching the flow of a fluid. The switching device includes a fluid conduit including a first inlet for said fluid and a first outlet, a first switching fluid conduit including a second inlet for a ...