ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,203, issued on July 29, was assigned to STEVANATO GROUP S.P.A..
"Glass container production" was invented by Angelo Falzetti (Saonara, Italy) and Paolo Ziero (Piombino Dese, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glass container production line and process include a first step of heating a portion of the glass container by delivering microwaves and conveying them to the portion of the glass container. Microwave delivery is carried out at a first power level for a first time interval so as to bring the portion of the glass container from an ambient temperature to an intermediate temperature, and at a further power level, which is lowe...