US Patent Issued to Graco Minnesota on March 3 for "Electrically operated linear pump and pump drive" (Minnesota, Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,877, issued on March 3, was assigned to Graco Minnesota Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Electrically operated linear pump and pump drive" was invented by Matthew R. Theisen (Woodbury, Minn.), Arthur T. Graf (Roseville, Minn.), Bryan K. Colby (New Brighton, Minn.), Andrew J. Ericson (Andover, Minn.), Thomas F. Janecek (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Christopher A. Lins (Waverly, Minn.), Alexander J. Daeger (Roseville, Minn.), David M. Larsen (Albertville, Minn.), Jeremy P. Jurmu (Buffalo, Minn.), William M. Blenkush (Becker, Minn.), Mark D. Shultz (Ham Lake, Minn.) and Steven D. Becker (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pumping ass...