ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,107, issued on March 24, was assigned to MMC First Process AS (Fosnavag, Norway).

"Pumps in serial connection" was invented by Roy Steve Glomset (Skodje, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System for transporting a liquid from a reservoir containing the liquid. The system includes a first and second conduit, each with a lower end and an upper end, a first pump, with an inlet end and an outlet end; wherein one of the lower end of the first conduit or the upper end of the second conduit is connected to a second pump; wherein a height difference between the first and second pump is within a maximum pumping height of a lower pump of ...