ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,319, issued on July 15, was assigned to DMT Solutions Global Corp. (Danbury, Conn.).

"Integrated envelope sealer and flip module" was invented by Arthur H. Depoi (Brookfield, Conn.), John Robert Masotta (Newtown, Conn.), Boris Rozenfeld (Danbury, Conn.), Daniel Wright (Holmes, N.Y.) and Anthony E. Yap (Palmyra, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An envelope sealing and flipping system can be incorporated into a mail inserter system to seal an envelope with a complete unbroken glue line and simultaneously flip the envelope face-up for downstream processing. The system includes a flip cage that receives an envelope and a moveable wetti...