US Patent Issued to Altria Client Services on Feb. 3 for "Direct to container system with on-line weight control and associated method" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,990, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"Direct to container system with on-line weight control and associated method" was invented by James D. Evans (Chesterfield, Va.), Herbert Cary Longest (Midlothian, Va.), Tamika S. Murrell (Richmond, Va.), Robert V. Powell Jr. (Midlothian, Va.), Jeremy Straight (Midlothian, Va.) and Jarrod Chalkley (Mechanicsville, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for manufacturing and inserting a predetermined number of material-filled pouches into containers are disclosed. A system includes a pouch providing system comprising a plurality of lanes...