ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,493, issued on May 27, was assigned to Agile Wing Smart Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Taichung, Taiwan).

"Automatic processing apparatus" was invented by Hung-Wu Lee (Taichung, Taiwan), Yong-Lin Chen (Taichung, Taiwan), Ching-San Wang (Taichung, Taiwan), Wan-Ting Hong (Taichung, Taiwan), Chuan-Chiang Chang (Taichung, Taiwan) and Chi-Liang Liu (Taichung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic processing apparatus comprises a main body, a receiving portion, a working assembly, a workpiece magazine, a setting mechanism, a passivation bucket assembly, and a rotation driving assembly. The receiving potion is adapted for receiving a ...