ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,894, issued on April 29, was assigned to Top Grade Molds Ltd. (Mississauga, Canada).

"Injection molding apparatus" was invented by Vincenzo Ciccone (Kleinburg, Canada) and Hon Kee Wu (Oakville, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An injection molding apparatus for receiving molten material from an injection nozzle and delivering the molten material to a mold cavity is disclosed. The injection molding apparatus includes a molten material conduit device for receiving the molten material and directing the molten material to a molten material receiver defined by a manifold, the manifold directing the molten material the mold cavity hous...