ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,607, issued on June 10, was assigned to BOWE SYSTEC GmbH (Augsburg, Germany).

"Device and method for feeding flat objects into a transport container" was invented by Ronald Celeste (Kuhlenthal, Germany) and Joachim Koschier (Augsburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and a method for feeding flat objects, in particular mail items such as envelopes or letters, in an upright position into a transport container. The device comprises a feed device for transporting flat objects and for feeding the transported flat objects into a transport container, and a container receiver for positioning the transport container during the...