ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,541, issued on March 3, was assigned to AMS LLC (Canton, Ohio).

"Measured fluid dispenser" was invented by Matthew Battle (Canton, Ohio) and Adrian Bischoff (Chapel Hill, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A measured fluid dispenser for dispensing fluid from a storage container includes a measurement chamber, a fluid flow passage fluidly connecting the measurement chamber with the storage container, and a valve that is movable between an open position in which the fluid flow passage is opened to permit fluid flow from the storage chamber to the measurement chamber, and a closed position in which the fluid flow passage is closed to p...