ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,581, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to EREMA ENGINEERING RECYCLING MASCHINEN UND ANLAGEN GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H. (Ansfelden, Austria).

"Method and apparatus for processing and/or recycling of materials" was invented by Stephanie Haider (Linz, Austria), Michael Aigner (Leonding, Austria) and Klaus Feichtigner (Linz, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "What is disclosed is a method of processing and/or recycling materials, especially thermoplastic materials,-wherein the material is agitated and mixed in a receivingvessel (1), especially a cutting compressor or a preconditioning unit (PCU), and optionally also heated, comminuted and/or so...