ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,396, issued on April 22, was assigned to PHOTEX INC. (Cleveland).

"Narrowband can manufacturing" was invented by Don W. Cochran (Gates Mills, Ohio), Benjamin D. Johnson (Northfield, Ohio) and Jonathan M. Katz (Solon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved can drying and curing technology is provided."

The patent was filed on June 10, 2021, under Application No. 17/344,209.

*For further information, including images, charts and tables, please visit: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=12280396&OS=12280396&RS=12280396

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