ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,523, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Emerson Process Management Regulator Technologies Inc. (McKinney, Texas).

"Valve trims having cellular arrays" was invented by Jesse Serrano III (Marshalltown, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example trim installable in a fluid control valve includes a honeycomb array. The honeycomb array includes mesh walls surrounding elongated paths between opposing ends of the honeycomb array. The trim also includes a nonpermeable structure surrounding longitudinal sides of the honeycomb array, the nonpermeable structure having openings at the opposing ends of the honeycomb array."

The patent was fi...