ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,712, issued on Oct. 27.

"Treatment station, treatment unit and method for treating workpieces" was invented by Tobias Jager (Karlsruhe, Germany), Michael Lauer (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany), Marek Downar (Ditzingen, Germany), Klaus Heinsohn (Weil der Stadt, Germany) and Oliver Seyboth (Hemmingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In order to provide a device and a method for treating workpieces (102), in which an optimized workpiece treatment is possible, it is proposed that a treatment station (114) comprise a treatment chamber (136) that can be flooded for workpiece treatment."

The patent was filed on June 30, 2021, under A...