ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,943, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Extrunet GmbH (Eberstalzell, Austria).

"Electronic assistance for cutting profile samples to length, with the extrusion and test parameters being accurately assigned" was invented by Erwin Krumbock (Ansfelden, Austria) and Siegfried Pramberger (Vorchdorf, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to methods and systems for producing plastic profiles. In one example embodiment, a method is disclosed including the steps of plasticizing a starting material in an extruder on an extrusion line, pressing the starting material through an extrusio...