ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,730, issued on July 15, was assigned to Deutsche Post AG (Bonn, Germany).

"Apparatus for orienting or rotating objects" was invented by Viktor Kuznecov (Siegburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus for orienting objects, including a conveying apparatus, wherein the conveying apparatus has an inlet for receiving the objects and an outlet and is configured to convey the objects in a conveying direction. In this case, the conveying apparatus has an orienting apparatus which at least partially extends along the conveying direction. The orienting apparatus has a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion a...