ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,684, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to DROMONT S.p.A. (Grinzane Cavour, Italy).
"High-speed automatic line for producing paints" was invented by Luca Drocco (Alba, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic line for producing paints and the like wherein a dispensing of the bases and colorants is programmed so as to dispense in an order a first base, a dose of colorant and a second base inside a retail container, so that before mixing, the colorant is confined between two bases and there is no risk of part of the colorant adhering to an inner face of the lid without participating in the mixing."
The patent was filed on Dec. 28,...