ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,428, issued on July 1, was assigned to SWEDISH MATCH NORTH EUROPE AB (Stockholm).
"Apparatus and a method for manufacturing a pouched product for oral use and a pouched product for oral use" was invented by Fred Skeberg (Varberg, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an apparatus (1) and a method for manufacturing a pouched product (201) for oral use. The present invention further relates to a pouched product (201) for oral use. The apparatus comprises a supplying unit (3) for supplying a filling material (5), a holding unit (7) for holding a piece (9) of tubular web of a saliva-permeable packaging mat...