ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,541, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to SWISS KRONO Tec AG (Lucerne, Switzerland).

"Method and device for processing an object" was invented by Sebastian Dicke (Bantikow, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a method for processing an object, in which a printed image is printed onto the object by a digital printing facility and the object is then further processed in at least one work station. The at least one work station being controlled by an electric control unit, where at least one control character is applied to the object by the digital printing facility, the control character being detected in or u...