ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,150, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to C.M.C. S.P.A. (Cerbara, Italy).

"Apparatus for realising at least two continuous cardboard strips of different width for packaging by consecutively joining a respective plurality of cardboard sheets for packaging of different width to one another" was invented by Francesco Ponti (Citta'di Castello, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The apparatus for realising at least two continuous cardboard strips for packaging having different width by consecutively joining to one another at least two respective pluralities of cardboard sheets for packaging of different width, comprises: a first store, fo...