ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,053, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Becton Dickinson Rowa Germany GmbH (Kelberg, Germany).

"Method and device for producing a blister tube, and blister tube" was invented by Torben Schuttfort (Sassen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems for producing a strip of pouches are provided. A guide device is configured to receive a packaging material web, the packaging material web comprising a plurality of cover sections extending in a longitudinal direction of the packaging material web and having a transmission of less than 60% in the visible frequency range, a transparent material area with a transmission of greater than 80%...