ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,539, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to BAKEL S.R.L. (Udine, Italy).

"Method and apparatus for producing a cosmetic product" was invented by Raffaella Gregoris (Udine, Italy), Stefano Manfredini (Vigarano Mainarda, Italy), Silvia Vertuani (Ferrara, Italy) and Martina Roso (Verona, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method to produce a packaged cosmetic product comprises a step of feeding a support film along a feed path, a step of forming a membrane substrate, and a step of packaging the membrane substrate. The method can be implemented by means of a suitable apparatus, which comprises a station for feeding the support film, a ...