ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,030, issued on May 26, was assigned to FICO TRANSPAR S.A. (Barcelona, Spain).

"Fluid ejection system for ejecting a cleaning fluid toward an optical surface" was invented by Olallo Alcaide Hernandez (Viladecavalls, Spain), Jose Luis Villarubia Guarino (Viladecavalls, Spain) and Sergi Civil Pauli (Viladecavalls, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid ejection system includes an electromagnetically operated valve for regulating the flow of a fluid. The electromagnetically operated valve includes a valve body defining a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, a plunger member, an electromagnetic driving means, and a spring adapted to bias ...