ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,083, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Anybrid GmbH (Dresden, Germany).

"Device for forming or molding plastic elements on surfaces of a semi-finished product" was invented by Hubert Jager (Dresden, Germany), Michael Krahl (Dresden, Germany), Tony Weber (Dresden, Germany) and Jan Luft (Dresden, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for forming or molding elements on surfaces of a semi-finished product includes a C-shaped bracket element for displacing using a manipulator to a defined position with respect to a semi-finished product. An arrangement implemented for injection molding is disposed on a first leg and a backing h...