US Patent Issued to G.D on Sept. 16 for "Method and apparatus for testing the tightness of a container closed by a membrane" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,542, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to G.D S.P.A. (Bologna, Italy).

"Method and apparatus for testing the tightness of a container closed by a membrane" was invented by Ivanoe Bertuzzi (Bologna, Italy), Claudia De Maria (Bologna, Italy), Marco Ghini (Bologna, Italy), Luca Cavazza (Bologna, Italy), Stefano Sinigardi (Bologna, Italy) and Andrea Biondi (Bologna, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and relative apparatus for testing the tightness of a container closed by a membrane are described. The method includes steps of: submitting the container to a deforming action to increase the pressure inside the container; submit...