ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,167, issued on March 25, was assigned to C-PACK VERPACKUNGSMASCHINEN GMBH (Tornesch, Germany).

"Method and device for sealing packages" was invented by Jorg Czepluch (Tornesch, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for sealing packages, including a product feed and a packaging feed for a tubular packaging material; and a method for sealing packages. Such devices are used, for example, as tubular bag machines. The packages can be produced by type for improved recyclability while simultaneously maintaining a high load-bearing capacity of the package closures with the aid of a closure element made of the same material as the ...