US Patent Issued to Ishida on Aug. 26 for "Production management device, production management system, and combination weighing apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,956, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Ishida Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Production management device, production management system, and combination weighing apparatus" was invented by Tono Tsugawa (Ritto, Japan), Tatsuo Ito (Ritto, Japan), Shinji Koike (Ritto, Japan) and Hideshi Miyamoto (Ritto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A production management device includes: a communication section provided to enable communication with a combination weighing apparatus and a bag-making and packaging apparatus; a management device provided to enable communication with the combination weighing apparatus and the bag-making and packaging ap...