ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,330, issued on June 17, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Method and apparatus for adjusting and maintaining a position of a cutting surface of a perforating apparatus" was invented by Brian Christopher Schwamberger (Fairfield Township, Ohio), Gustav Andre Mellin (Amberly Village, Ohio) and Michael Devin Long (Springfield Township, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to adjusting and maintaining a position of a cutting surface used to create lines of weakness for rolled products."

The patent was filed on Jan. 24, 2023, under Application No. 18/158,672.

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