US Patent Issued to BERKIN on Feb. 17 for "Fluid flow device, comprising a flow control device with a sealing portion provided with a non-stick layer having one or more discontinuities" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,531, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to BERKIN B.V. (Ruurlo, Netherlands).

"Fluid flow device, comprising a flow control device with a sealing portion provided with a non-stick layer having one or more discontinuities" was invented by Hans Leon Margaretha Maria Maas (Ruurlo, Netherlands) and Jan Wouter Van De Geest (Ruurlo, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a fluid flow device (1), comprising a fluid flow channel (2) with a flow control device (3) having a valve member (4) and a valve seat (5), wherein in a closed position (I) the valve member rests against the valve seat for preventing fluid flow an...