ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,372, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.P.A. (Ozzano dell'Emilia, Italy).

"Method to weigh containers" was invented by Mattia Chianura (Ozzano dell'Emilia, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method to weigh containers (C) in a processing line (10) that comprises a station (12) for filling and weighing said containers (C), said method providing to simultaneously pick up a plurality of containers (C) which are initially weighed to determine the tare weight and subsequently filled in a sequential manner, determining the weight of product metered into each container (C)."

The patent was filed ...