US Patent Issued to Fameccanica.Data, PAUL HARTMANN on Sept. 16 for "Method and an apparatus for packaging articles" (Italian, Spanish, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,638, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Fameccanica.Data S.p.A. (San Giovanni Teatino Chieti, Italy) and PAUL HARTMANN AG (Heidenheim, Germany).

"Method and an apparatus for packaging articles" was invented by Diego Gualteri (San Giovanni Teatino, Italy), Renzo Blasioli (San Giovanni Teatino, Italy), Asti Radovani (San Giovanni Teatino, Italy), Marc Rodriguez (Mataro, Spain), Jordi Mateu (Mataro, Spain) and Thomas Luttgens (Heidenheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and an apparatus for forming packages including plasters enclosed between two opposite flexible sheets having their edges joined by means of a thermall...