ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,354, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to KRONES AG (Neutraubling, Germany).

"Production system for producing, processing and/or filling containers, and method for the production control and/or system specification of this production system" was invented by Thomas Kellhammer (Bach a. d. Donau, Germany) and Johannes Strauss (Wolfsegg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a production system for producing, processing and/or filling containers and to a method for the production control and/or system specification of this production system. According to the invention, at least one visually imperceptible intensive...