ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,463, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).

"Process for manufacturing a dough base" was invented by Georg Lyttek (Sankt Wendel, Germany) and Timothy George Prins (Solon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing a dough base, particularly for a dough base, which is a pie or a pizza dough. The claimed process comprises a step, wherein the pressing surface is vibrating with an ultrasonic frequency during the pressing step."

The patent was filed on July 14, 2020, under Application No. 17/597,623.

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