ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,060, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to G.D S.P.A. (Bologna, Italy).

"Unit and method for the movement and filling of a container, apparatus with such a unit" was invented by Andrea Biondi (Bologna, Italy), Luca Cavazza (Bologna, Italy), Umberto Zanetti (Bologna, Italy), Enrico Campagnoli (Bologna, Italy), Antonio Gigante (Bologna, Italy), Giacomo Noferini (Bologna, Italy) and Cristian Dakessian (Bologna, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A movement and filling unit of a container includes a movement and filling equipment. The equipment includes in turn: a frame, a metering member configured to release a filling product through a ...