ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,611, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & Co. KG (Biberach, Germany).

"Device and method for producing plump packages filled with liquid or pasty filling material" was invented by Markus Schliesser (Wain, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a device and a method for producing packages, in particular sachets, filled with liquid or pasty filling material, in particular with liquid or pasty food, with a co-extrusion device for co-extruding a strand made of curable casing material filled with the filling material, wherein the co-extrusion device comprises a filling tube f...