ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,610, issued on July 21, was assigned to Corob S.p.A. (San Felice sul Panaro, Italy) and PPG Industries Ohio Inc. (Cleveland).

"Assembly, apparatus and method for dispensing fluid products" was invented by Andrea Bergamini (Nonantola, Italy), Giuseppe Casalini (Canegrate, Italy), Joanne Sarah Thompson (Acton, Great Britain) and Alban R. D'Epenoux (Morges, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for dispensing fluid products, comprising a housing (44) having a dispense opening (40) and a mount (42) for a container (12) that contains the fluid product, pumping means (45), a diverting element (53) rotatable around a rotati...