ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,192, issued on June 17, was assigned to Sorting Robotics Inc. (Los Angeles).

"Automated deposition of highly viscous fluids into thin-walled cylinders" was invented by Nohtal Partansky (Northridge, Calif.) and Paul Skaar (Long Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are systems and methods for automatic infusion of concentrate and distillate material into cigarettes or other containers. In one embodiment, a thermally-controlled infusion system is provided. The system can maintain a selected temperature of the concentrate material throughout the infusion process, using a two-stage approach. In a first stage, the concent...