ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,207, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to FTT S.R.L. (Verona, Italy).

"Selective double layer moulding process and apparatus" was invented by Diego Piccolo (Sarmego, Italy) and Alex Marangoni (Mezzane di Sotto, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a moulding process. In particular it relates to an improved double layer moulding process allowing to deposit, in a selective and localized way, an additional cellulose layer only in the points detected as critical, with the purpose of increasing the mechanical and aesthetical features thereof."

The patent was filed on May 26, 2022, under Application No. 18/0...