ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,158, issued on June 10, was assigned to Congruens Group LLC (San Carlos, Calif.).

"Molded fiber product production line utilizing fluid trim operation" was invented by Pablo Gonzalez (San Francisco) and Paul Leeman (Campbell, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A molded fiber part former includes a first forming mold defining a first mold area and at least one fluid inlet. The molded fiber part former also includes a wall substantially surrounding the first mold area. The molded fiber part former includes a fluid channel disposed adjacent to and surrounding the wall, wherein the channel is fluidically connected to the at least one ...