ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,786, issued on June 2, was assigned to Corob S.P.A. (San Felica sul Panaro, Italy) and PPG Industries Ohio Inc. (Cleveland).

"Method to control a dispensing machine of fluid products" was invented by Andrea Bergamini (Nonantola, Italy), Vittorio Mercurio (Modena, Italy), Giuseppe Casalini (Canegrate, Italy), Joanne Sarah Thompson (Acton, Great Britain) and Alban R. D'Epenoux (Morges, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Computer-implemented method to control a dispensing machine configured to deliver fluid products inside a receptacle (118) and comprising a plurality of containing units (111), each containing a respective fluid ...