ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,206, issued on March 4, was assigned to PAPACKS SALES GMBH (Cologne, Germany).

"Multipart molds and three-dimensional pulp articles molded therefrom" was invented by Tahsin Dag (Cologne, Germany) and Florian Barth (Cologne, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention includes a system of multipart devices for the formation, pressing, and coating of molded pulp fiber articles. The system includes a mold device, a pressing device, and/or a coating device. Each device comprises a screen fastened or otherwise connected to the housing unit. The housing unit is a solid, non-porous housing element, and multiple housing unit...