ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,746, issued on July 14, was assigned to Linde GmbH (Pullach, Germany).

"Apparatus for dissolving gas into a liquid and method for producing the same" was invented by Kenneth Glomset (Alesund, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for dissolving gas into a liquid is provided having a housing with an inlet opening for the liquid and an outlet opening for the liquid, and a blade unit arranged inside the housing in a small cross section area between the inlet opening and the outlet opening. A flow cross section for the liquid at the small cross section area is smaller than at the inlet opening. The apparatus further includes...