ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,763, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to KOCHER-PLASTIK MASCHINENBAU GMBH (Sulzbach-Laufen, Germany).

"Device and method for manufacturing plastic containers" was invented by Michael Schnell (Essingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for producing plastic containers (10) by a molding, filling and sealing process includes a molding device (16) having individual molding tools (18), which can be moved repeatedly relative to one another from an open receiving position into a molding sealing position, and includes an extrusion unit (12), which can be used to insert at least one extruded plastic hose (14) into the open recei...