ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,613, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to IMBOX PROTECTION A/S (Ega, Denmark).

"Impregnating device and method" was invented by Rene Marker (Auning, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method are provided for applying a surface treatment such as impregnation agent or water repellency agent to shoes, boots, bags, gloves or the like, where the apparatus includes a closed treatment chamber provided with an openable access to the treatment chamber from outside the treatment chamber, and where the bottom of the treatment chamber a turntable is provided, having a flat surface in an x-y plane, and an axis Z, and where one ...