ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,638, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Korber Tissue S.p.A. (Lucca, Italy).

"Device for heating an embossing roller in an embossing-laminating device" was invented by Luca Frasnetti (Montecarlo, Italy), Andrea Petrone (Lucca, Italy) and Graziano Mazzaccherini (Porcari, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embossing device and a method for embossing, employing an electromagnetic induction device such as to induce an eddy current prevalently on the outer surface of an embossing roller. The eddy currents are such as to prevalently heat the outer surface of the embossing roller."

The patent was filed on March 15, 2021, under Applicati...