ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,693, issued on March 24, was assigned to GRANFOSS AS (Oslo, Norway).

"System and a method for temporary storage and offloading of granular materials" was invented by Davoud Tayebi (Oslo, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for temporary storage and offloading of granular materials is presented. The system comprises a tank for storage of a granular material and a suction head for offloading granular material from the tank. The suction head comprises a lower end, an outlet for removing granular material from the suction head, and sidewalls, extending from the lower end to the outlet. The suction head further comprises at le...