ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,398, issued on May 27, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
"Method and apparatus for shaping a continuous web material into a rod" was invented by Fabio Cantieri (Bologna, Italy), Antonella Giannini (Bologna, Italy), Pietro Davide La Porta (Bologna, Italy), Stefano Malossi (Bologna, Italy), Alberto Monzoni (Bologna, Italy), Ivan Prestia (Calderara de Reno, Italy), Cristian Castaldo (Bologna, Italy) and Genny Paladino (Bologna, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method for shaping a continuous web material (1) into a rod comprises providing a continuous web material (1) having a glass transition...