ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,926, issued on April 8, was assigned to I.BLU S.R.L. (Pasian di Prato, Italy).

"Process of production of a polymer product" was invented by Paolo Gosparini (Fagagna, Italy), Mirko Bottolo (San Vito al Tagliamento, Italy) and Elia Gosparini (Fagagna, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method to produce a polymeric product starting from a primary heterogeneous mixture comprising polymeric material, comprising fragmentation into desired sizing, mechanical primary selection of the fragmented material and plastification, obtaining a densified material which is then subjected to quenching."

The patent was filed on May 12, 2020, under Ap...