US Patent Issued to Mars on April 29 for "Ultrasonic rotary molding" (New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,041, issued on April 29, was assigned to Mars Inc. (Chicago).

"Ultrasonic rotary molding" was invented by Robert Nagle (Hackettstown, N.J.), Alfred Camporini (Hackettstown, N.J.), David Pontzer (Hackettstown, N.J.), Paul Capar (Hackettstown, N.J.), David Fyock (Lititz, Pa.), John Stough (Lititz, Pa.), Curt Knepper (Lititz, Pa.), Joseph Edward Massie (Danbury, Conn.), Jeffrey Frantz (Danbury, Conn.), Carlos Aponte (Danbury, Conn.) and Gary Lee McQuilkin (Plymouth, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure describes an ultrasonic rotary molding system that is used to form edible compositions or food products as they mo...