ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,281, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS S.P.A. (Momo Novara, Italy).

"Apparatus and method for de-vulcanisation of rubber" was invented by Florinda Martena (Momo Novara, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides an apparatus for de-vulcanisation of rubber from a rubber component, preferably a rubber tire. The apparatus comprises a cleaning device configured to clean and/or sanitize the rubber and a mixing device having at least one rotor configured to de-vulcanise the cleaned and/or sanitized rubber."

The patent was filed on Sept. 25, 2020, under Application No. 17/626,343.

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