ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,016, issued on June 24, was assigned to G.D S.P.A. (Bologna, Italy).

"Machine and a process for manufacturing pouches containing a cohesionless material" was invented by Michael Andre Lemay (Bologna, Italy) and Mark Roland Godon (Bologna, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machine for manufacturing pouches containing a cohesionless material, including feed means for feeding the cohesionless material to a pick-up station, a transfer drum by which the material is picked up at the pick-up station and transferred to a release station, delivery means operating at the release station and by which portions of the material are delivered ...