ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,736, issued on July 15, was assigned to CT PACK S.R.L. (Valsamoggia, Italy).

"Apparatus and method for conveying articles and plant and method for packaging said articles" was invented by David Rosignoli (Pontegradella, Italy) and Fabrizio Pavanelli (Ferrara, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for conveying articles comprising: a conveying surface comprising a plurality of electrically magnetizable elements; a plurality of units for conveying articles, movable on said conveying surface, each conveying unit being defined by a first transport element and a second transport element configured to be coupled with each other...