ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,428, issued on June 2, was assigned to G.W. Lisk Co. Inc. (Clifton Springs, N.Y.).

"Flow control method, system and apparatus" was invented by Jeffery A. Tyler (Newark, N.Y.), David J. Trapasso (Bloomfield, N.Y.), Zaccarie Peone (Seneca Falls, N.Y.), Daniel Johnson (Wheeling, W.va.) and Amanda Reid (Victor, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Presented is a method, system and apparatus for fuel flow control. An exemplary fuel flow control apparatus includes a fuel inlet operable to receive a flow, and a fuel shut-off valve fluidly connected to receive the flow from the fuel inlet, the fuel shut-off valve is operable to allow the flow ...