ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,146, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.P.A. (Ozzano Dell'Emilia, Italy).

"Apparatus and method to produce closing systems for containers" was invented by Matteo Bignami (Ozzano Dell'emilia, Italy) and Pierluigi Castellari (Ozzano Dell'emilia, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus (10) and a method are described for producing a closing system (100) for containers comprising an anti-tampering strip (101) configured to be attached to an opening of a container, and a re-closable closing body (102), configured to hermetically close said containers. The apparatus (10) comprises a welding...