ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,439, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to WCB ROBOTICS INC. (Dover, Del.).

"Non-contact suction cup device with flow recycling" was invented by Ujjawal Aggarwal (Lucknow, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-contact suction cup device (100) with flow recycling. The device is based on the recycling flow of fluid through one or more passage(s) (12) provided inside a suction cup chamber (51). The device further optionally includes a flow diverter (4) configured to divert the flow of fluid, and suction means (5) either directly or indirectly attached with the suction cup of the device (100), configured to suck or draw the fluid (11) fr...