ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,169, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Fameccanica.Data S.p.A. (San Giovanni Teatino Chieti, Italy).

"Apparatus for treating continuous moving webs and a machine comprising this apparatus" was invented by Nicola Cocozzella (San Giovanni Teatino Chieti, Italy) and Davide Sepe (San Giovanni Teatino Chieti, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for treating a moving continuous web includes a tool holder roller, an anvil roller and a control device configured to rotate the tool holder roller and the anvil roller around respective rotation axes in at least one first operating condition and one second operating condition, so a...