ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,008, issued on June 10, was assigned to Duolab International SARL (Switzerland) and SEB S.A. (France).

"Manufacturing apparatus, mixing machine and/or receiving device for the manufacture of a composition from a mixture of formulations" was invented by Franck Da Palma (La Talaudiere, France), Pierre Durif (Monsteroux Milieu, France), Jacky Chelle (Auberives-sur-Vareze, France), Magali Millet (Les Mees, France), Melodie Perrin (Oraison, France) and Cecile Tourel (Aix en Provence, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mixing method using a manufacturing apparatus having a mixing machine having a support defining a receiving housing i...