ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,679, issued on May 26, was assigned to Raven Industries Inc. (Sioux Falls, S.D.).

"Configurable nozzle assembly and methods of same" was invented by Jared Ernest Kocer (Sioux Falls, S.D.) and Nicholas O. Michael (Sioux Falls, S.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A configurable nozzle includes a nozzle body having a reception chamber configured to receive an application mixture. The nozzle body includes a nozzle orifice. At least one orifice assembly is coupled with the nozzle body, the at least one orifice assembly includes an orifice plate movably coupled with the nozzle body. The orifice plate extends along at least a portion of the ...