ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,968, issued on June 24, was assigned to DOTT. BONAPACE & C. S.R.L. (Cusano Milanino, Italy).

"Filling apparatus with interchangeable filling units" was invented by Simone David Berto (Garbagnate Milanese, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filling apparatus (10) for filling capsules with powdered substances for pharmaceutical or parapharmaceutical use or the like, includes a body-machine (12) inside which the mechanical and electrical and/or electronic components are housed which are adapted to operate an operating unit (14) comprising a body (18) supporting a rotating table (19) adapted to receive capsules to be filled with a po...