US Patent Issued to Rain Bird on Dec. 16 for "Zone control devices, systems and methods" (Arizona, District Of Columbia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,049, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Rain Bird Corp. (Azusa, Calif.).

"Zone control devices, systems and methods" was invented by Kevin Mark Irwin (Tucson, Ariz.), Brian Allen Biang (Washington), Michael Joseph Millius (Vail, Ariz.), Paul Gregory Dailey (Tucson, Ariz.), Riccardo J. Tresso (Oro Valley, Ariz.), Leilanny Bujanda (Tucson, Ariz.), Brian C. Hoover (Tucson, Ariz.), Pedro Alejandro Raygoza Flores (Tucson, Ariz.), Kevin James Markley (Tucson, Ariz.) and Michael A. McAfee (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Zone control devices that integrate a valve, filter, and pressure regulator within a single device are provi...