ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,046, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SIAPI S.R.L. (San Vendemiano, Italy).

"Method and system for producing plastic containers" was invented by Roberto Catelli (Parma, Italy), Marco Sgorlon (San Dona' di Piave, Italy), Manuel Rosada (Vittorio Veneto, Italy) and Stefano Tonti (Parma, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for producing plastic containers from preforms, comprising: a plurality of blowing stations comprising at least a first and a second blowing station (31, 32) for blowing the preforms; a movement system (2) for moving the preforms comprising a delivery line (21) for delivering the preforms towards said blowi...