ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,772, issued on July 15, was assigned to G.D S.p.A. (Bologna, Italy).

"Apparatus and process for dispensing a liquid product into containers" was invented by Luca Testoni (Bologna, Italy), Daniele Grosso (Bologna, Italy), Manuele Cucchi (Bologna, Italy) and Stefano Serafini (Bologna, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for dispensing a liquid product into containers includes a conveyor for conveying a plurality of containers through a filling station; a dispensing unit set in the filling station and including one or more nozzles and a system for pumping the liquid product to said one or more nozzles for dispensing the li...