ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,748, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to STEVANATO GROUP S.P.A. (Piombino Dese, Italy).

"Rotating device for moving containers for pharmaceutical use" was invented by Daniele Boscari (Cittadella, Italy), Massimo Huang (Padua, Italy), Giacomo Biondi (Casirate d'Adda, Italy), Paolo Pochetti (Borghetto Lodigiano, Italy) and Gianbattista Giussani (Treviglio, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotating device for moving containers for pharmaceutical use includes a rotation group configured to be controlled in rotation about a vertical rotation axis and a plurality of gripping groups associated with the rotation group and arranged about t...