ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,677, issued on March 11, was assigned to SEB S.A. (France).

"Manufacturing apparatus, mixing machine and/or receiving device for the manufacture of a composition from a mixture of formulations" was invented by Martial Maisonneuve (Villefontaine, France), Pierre Durif (Monsteroux Milieu, France) and Jacky Chelle (Auberives-sur-Vareze, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mixing machine comprising: a support defining a receiving housing, the receiving housing comprising a first receiving location configured to receive a first deformable capsule and a second receiving location configured to receive a second deformable capsule, the f...