ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,598, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to KRONES AG (Neutraubling, Germany).
"Apparatus and method for treating containers with ionised air" was invented by Ulrich Merl (Teublitz, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus for treating plastic preforms, having a transport device which transports the plastic preforms along a predetermined transport path, having a first application device which loads the plastic preforms with a first flowable medium through their mouth during their transport along a first transport path section, wherein the apparatus has a second application device which acts upon the plastic preforms with a second f...