ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,165, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Fameccanica.Data S.p.A. (San Giovanni Teatino, Italy).

"Packaging plants and methods for packaging products" was invented by Francesco D'Aponte (San Giovanni Teatino, Italy), Diego Gualtieri (San Giovanni Teatino, Italy) and Matteo Antonioli (San Giovanni Teatino, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packaging plant and packaging method for packaging consumer products simultaneously in a large distribution packaging format and in customised e-commerce formats. The packaging plant and the packaging method significantly improve the sustainability of e-commerce packaging of consumer products in ...