ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,305, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to BUHLER AG (Uzwil, Switzerland).

"Plansifter" was invented by Daniel Dorig (Frauenfeld, Switzerland) and Remo Friedrich (Winterthur, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plansifter comprising at least one compartment and a drive module for putting the compartment into a vibrational and/or oscillating movement, wherein in the inner region of the compartment there is provided a sieve stack comprising at least one sieve, preferably 2-32 sieves, more preferably 10 to 32 sieves, especially preferred 20 to 32 sieves, and the compartment has one outlet frame that is provided in the bottom region ...