ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,989, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to GENESEE VALLEY INNOVATIONS LLC (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Annular effervescent nozzle" was invented by Kathryn F. Murphy (Redwood City, Calif.), David K. Biegelsen (Portola Valley, Calif.), Armand P. Neukermans (Portola Valley, Calif.), Gary F. Cooper (Los Altos, Calif.), Lee Kanne Galbraith (San Jose, Calif.), Sudhanshu Jain (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Geordie Zapalac (Santa Clara, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nozzle includes a housing having an inner chamber, a first opening connected to the inner chamber, and a second opening connected to the inner chamber, and a solid, partially conic...