ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,941, issued on May 20, was assigned to KORBER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH (Hamburg, Germany).

"Production machine for producing rod-shaped products from an endless strand of a strip adhesively bonded to form a tube" was invented by Ralf Soltow (Reinbek, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a production machine for producing rod-shaped products from a continuous strand of a continuous strip adhesively bonded to form a tube, comprising a device for applying a glue track to a strip, a format portion, in which the continuous strip into the continuous strand by shaping and adhesive bonding, and a cutting device which cuts...