ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,441, issued on May 6, was assigned to KRONES AG (Neutraubling, Germany).
"Apparatus and method for treating and in particular sterilising containers" was invented by Stefan Kornprobst (Dietfurt a.d. Altmuhl, Germany), Andreas Pense (Obertraubling, Germany), Konrad Senn (Alteglofsheim, Germany), Alexander Feigl (Mintraching, Germany), Viktor Gette (Worth an der Donau, Germany), Andreas Eichenseher (Deuerling, Germany), Michael Neubauer (Grassau, Germany), Andreas Vornehm (Offenberg, Germany), Florian Hoffmann (Burglengenfeld, Germany), Wolfgang Schoenberger (Brennberg, Germany), Florian Fuchs (Regensburg, Germany) and Josef Knott (Schierling, Germany).
According to the abstract* r...