ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,538, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Korber Tissue S.p.A. (Lucca, Italy).

"Machine for processing a web material with a threading device and relative methods" was invented by Fabrizio Lorenzi (Lucca, Italy), Stefano Silvestri (Lucca, Italy), Leonardo Boschi (Lucca, Italy), Emanuele Andreuccetti (Lucca, Italy), Riccardo Giorgi (Lucca, Italy), Massimiliano Adalberti (Lucca, Italy), Jury Palazzesi (Lucca, Italy) and Luigi Fabbri (Lucca, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In order to thread a web material in a converting machine a system is provided, with a first continuous flexible member and a second flexible member. An anchoring ...