ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,743, issued on June 3, was assigned to FETTE COMPACTING GMBH (Schwarzenbek, Germany).

"Powder blender for a system for continuous processing of powder products" was invented by Nicolas Walter (Hamburg, Germany), Marten Klukkert (Hamburg, Germany), Wouter Emiel Grymonpre (Sint-Michiels, Belgium), Sven Kolbe (Buechen, Germany), Joris Vanderputten (Buizingen, Belgium), Jozef Verheyen (Mortsel, Belgium), Anna Novikova (Hamburg, Germany), Jurgen Boeckx (Steenokkerzeel, Belgium), Kris Schoeters (Kessel-Lo, Belgium) and Jan Vogeleer (Bornem, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powder blender for a system for continuous processing of pow...