ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,796, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to BIEFFEBI S.R.L. (Granarolo dell'Emilia, Italy).

"Machine for the flat mounting of flexographic printing plates" was invented by Lorenzo Sambri (San Lazzaro di Savena, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machine for flat mounting of flexographic printing plates, comprising a base, a table, supported by said base, defining a support surface for mounting a printing plate on a respective support. The table comprises a front side, a rear side and two opposing sides. The machine also comprises parallel lateral guides, provided along the sides of the table, a carriage slidingly engaged in the lat...