ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,566, issued on April 7, was assigned to SATA GmbH & Co. KG (Kornwestheim, Germany).

"Spray gun, in particular a pressurized air atomization paint spray gun, in particular a hand-held pressurized air atomization paint spray gun" was invented by Norbert Maier (Allmersbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spray gun has at least one air valve that can be actuated by at least one trigger, having at least one valve inlet region and at least one valve outlet region. The spray gun has at least one material valve designed in such a way that it can be pneumatically actuated by air from the at least one valve outlet region. With this d...