ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,506, issued on June 24, was assigned to BARACCO S.R.L. UNIPERSONALE (Occhiobello, Italy).

"Granulation apparatus, method for maintaining the same and granulation method" was invented by Alberto Baracco (Occhiobello, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A granulation apparatus for granulating a plastic material is provided. The granulation apparatus has a fixed support extending along a vertical axis, a rotating support, connected in a rotatable manner to the fixed support, and actuatable in rotation about a first direction parallel or coincident with the vertical axis, a die connected to an extruder, a cutting assembly suitable for f...