ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,403, issued on July 7, was assigned to JohnDow Industries Inc. (Barberton, Ohio).

"Fluid evacuation collection vessel assemblies and fluid evacuation systems and methods" was invented by John H. Blackburn Jr. (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and John H. Blackburn (Greenville, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A collection vessel for receiving a fluid from a fluid evacuation system includes an internal volume for fluid, a support member within the internal volume, and one or more reinforcement members mounted to the support member and maintaining the internal volume of the collection vessel. Fluid evacuation systems for evacuating fluid from a res...