ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,206, issued on July 29, was assigned to C.M.C. S.p.A. (Italy).

"Method for realising a blank for boxing one or more articles from a cardboard sheet for packaging, and a relative machine" was invented by Lorenzo Ponti (Citta' di Castello, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for realising a cardboard blank for boxing articles comprising: arranging a first support having first and second scoring tools; a second support having third and fourth scoring tools; detecting and memorising the dimensions of articles; adjusting the distance between the first and the second scoring tool so the first and score lines are parallel to the a...