ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,585, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to SACMI COOPERATIVA MECCANICI IMOLA SOCIETA' COOPERATIVA (Imola, Italy).

"Method and apparatus for producing a dispensing part of a container, and dispensing part of a container" was invented by Fabrizio Pucci (Castel Guelfo di Bologna, Italy) and Fiorenzo Parrinello (Medicina, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method comprises in sequence the steps of: dispensing a continuous polymeric extrudate in a molten state; separating from the continuous extrudate a dose substantially having the shape of a parallelepiped, the dose having a separation surface at which the dose has been separated from ...