ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,865, issued on March 18, was assigned to PRIAMUS SYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES AG (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).

"Method for controlling the filling of at least one cavity" was invented by Christopherus Bader (Neftenbach, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling the filling of at least one cavity in a device for producing an object, in particular in an injection molding machine, wherein a melt is inserted into the cavity through an opening, and the width thereof is altered, wherein the width of the opening is also to be changed and adjusted, that is, fixed, in a position between a closed position and a maximal open po...