US Patent Issued to BROWN on July 28 for "Methods and systems for producing pressware" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,655, issued on July 28, was assigned to BROWN LLC (Beaverton, Mich.).

"Methods and systems for producing pressware" was invented by Victor L. Chun (Beaverton, Mich.), Steffen Brown (Beaverton, Mich.), Russell Bliss (Beaverton, Mich.) and Philip Eichbauer (Beaverton, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for scoring a web of a roll of material comprises a plate, a scoring punch, a scoring station actuator, and a controller. The plate has a slot extending about a shape representing an outline of a pressware product. The scoring punch has a protruding blade operable to enter the slot of the plate. The scoring station actuator is...