ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,853, issued on March 18, was assigned to SACMI COOPERATIVA MECCANICI IMOLA SOCIETA' COOPERATIVA (Imola, Italy).

"Method and plant for manufacturing ceramic products" was invented by Gildo Bosi (Imola, Italy), Stefano Scardovi (Imola, Italy) and Claudio Ricci (Imola, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing ceramic articles is described comprising a step of feeding, during which at least two different ceramic powders are fed so as to obtain a strip of ceramic powders having at least a first zone and at least a second zone having a given shape; a step of compacting, during which the strip of ceramic powders is c...