US Patent Issued to ACTEGA North America Technologies on July 1 for "Systems and methods for substrate decoration" (Rhode Island, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,016, issued on July 1, was assigned to ACTEGA North America Technologies Inc. (Cinnaminson, N.J.).

"Systems and methods for substrate decoration" was invented by Michael Clarke Woods (Saunderstown, R.I.) and Michael Medeiros (Mattapoisett, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for applying decorations onto substrates. Decorations can be transported on a web along the web path to an application station at which the decorations are applied to substrates. Movement of substrates through the application station can be controlled to effect transfer of a decoration to a substrate. The web and a substrate support that urges...