ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,943, issued on July 1, was assigned to THE RITESCREEN COMPANY LLC (Elizabethville, Pa.).

"Method and apparatus for forming a window/door screen frame and mesh assembly without adhesive" was invented by Thomas Randall Iles (State College, Pa.), John C. St. Clair (Ashville, Pa.), John Joseph Keller (Newtown, Pa.), John France (Mantua, Ohio), Christopher Seebode (Basking Ridge, N.J.) and Varadarajan Swamydashu (Millersburg, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A screen making machine includes a table, welder assembly, and actuation assembly. The welder assembly includes: first and second nozzles, a pump that pumps air through each nozzle, ...