ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,674, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to SOREMARTEC S.A. (Senningerberg, Luxembourg).

"Process for making a container of a given shape from sheet material" was invented by Claudio Bonino (Senningerberg, Luxembourg) and Giovanni Bonino (Senningerberg, Luxembourg).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Process for obtaining a container of a given shape starting from sheet material, by providing a sheet; providing a mould having a forming cavity, which defines a reference axis (R) and has a shape corresponding to the given shape of the container; positioning the sheet over forming cavity; providing a forming device having forming structure arranged...