ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,454, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to ROTEX AUTOMATION Ltd. (Vadodara, India).

"Manifold system for 2003 configuration" was invented by Nirav Shah (Vadodara, India) and Rajesh Shah (Vadodara, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manifold system 100 with 2oo3 configuration is disclosed having three solenoid valves 102 and two shuttle valves 108 operatively coupled to the three solenoid valves 102. The manifold system 100 includes an external pilot operated logic control valve 116 operatively coupled to the two of the three solenoid valves 102 and to at least one of the shuttle valves 108 to provide 2oo3 configuration."

The patent...