ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,125, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Cornerstone Automation Systems LLC (Frisco, Texas).

"Automated decanting apparatus, a system including the apparatus, and a method of automatic decanting using a programmable mechanical device" was invented by Jeffrey Grindstaff (Collinsville, Texas), Benjamin William O'Brien (Omaha, Neb.) and Jonathan Hogan Webb (Allen, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides an automated process, apparatus and system for decanting containers wherein the form of the container is altered during the decanting process. The decanting includes altering the form of the containers for the separat...