ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,850, issued on May 6, was assigned to M.E.P. MACCHINE ELETTRONICHE PIEGATRICI S.P.A. (Reana del Rojale, Italy).

"Machine for working bars and corresponding working method" was invented by Giorgio Del Fabro (Udine, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Machine for working bars, suitable for working at least one bar having a mainly oblong development; the machine comprises at least two support sliders, of which at least one is mobile reciprocally toward/away from the other along an axis of movement and each provided with a work plane on which at least one curving unit is installed, suitable to curve at least a longitudinal portion of sa...