ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,005, issued on June 30, was assigned to AISAPACK HOLDING SA (Vouvry, Switzerland).

"Extrusion device" was invented by Laurent Cordier (Liry, France), Benoit Hamm (Chalons-en-Champagne, France), Etienne Hermant (Chalons-en-Champagne, France), Jean-Manuel Massey (Prunay, France) and Francky Seneuze (Courtisols, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The device for implementing the method comprises an extruder (10) supplied with a material, at least a first cylinder (11) and a second cylinder (12), at least a first mould (13) and a second mould (13'), a circuit (14) connecting the extruder to the cylinders and the cylinders to the moulds...