ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,416, issued on April 14, was assigned to A. Raymond et Cie (Grenoble, France).

"Fluid dispensing element, control valve and dispensing connector constituting said element" was invented by Ruffing Till (Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) and Urs Grether (Wurttenberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An element for dispensing fluid comprises a control valve and a connector for dispensing the fluid from at least one inlet line to an outlet line. The control valve comprises an inlet passage and a tubular fluid outlet duct. A chamber of the dispensing connector has a main opening traversed by the inlet passage and the tubular fluid outlet...