ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,639, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Donaldson Co. Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Filter element configurations" was invented by Aflal Rahmathullah (Savage, Minn.), Andrew J. Dallas (Lakeville, Minn.), Brian R. Tucker (Farmington, Minn.), Daniel E. Adamek (Bloomington, Minn.), Paul A. Way (Edina, Minn.), Scott A. Betcher (Lakeville, Minn.), Vijay K. Kapoor (Eagan, Minn.), Colter A. Marcks (Ellsworth, Wis.), William S. Rossiter (Brooklyn Park, Minn.), Timothy O. Winters (Nowthen, Minn.), Wijadi Jodi (Burnsville, Minn.), Davis B. Moravec (Burnsville, Minn.), Stephen K. Sontag (Maple Grove, Minn.), Bradly G. Hauser (Minneapolis), Matthew P. Goertz (Bloomington, Minn.), Derek O. Jones (Andov...