ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,953, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to San Jose State University Research Foundation (San Jose, Calif.).

"Bubble trap with fluid guide" was invented by Sang-Joon Lee (San Jose, Calif.), Max Kim (San Jose, Calif.), Bhavagyna Vegunta (San Jose, Calif.), Anand Ramasubramanian (San Jose, Calif.), Charmaine Lui (San Jose, Calif.) and Joshua Tran (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bubble trap device is provided comprising: a housing including an inner wall region defining a chamber to enclose a fluid; a fluid guide; a first fluid conduit located within the fluid guide and extending between a first opening in the inner wall...