ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,827, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to MINERVAHUB S.P.A. (Milan).
"Process for producing an ornamental chain" was invented by Samuele Benedetti (Milan) and Roberto Zuccherelli (Milan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for producing an ornamental chain includes arranging a cylindrical polymer core inside a tubular metal casing to form a layered tubular profile, cutting and bending the layered tubular profile to form a plurality of shaped chain links, and connecting the shaped chain links to form an ornamental chain. In some embodiments, the forming of the layered tubular profile can include extruding the cylindrical polymer cor...