ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,999, issued on March 24, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Two-fluid nozzle with an arcuate opening" was invented by Ryan D. Erickson (Roseville, Minn.) and Mark S. Menzenski (Hudson, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present disclosure describe a two-fluid nozzle including a nozzle body. The nozzle body includes a first fluid nozzle tip having a first fluid opening formed therein. The nozzle body includes a second fluid nozzle tip comprising a second fluid opening formed therein. The first fluid nozzle tip and second fluid nozzle tip can be fluidically isolated from each other in the ...