ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,533, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to EMS GROUP S.P.A. (Montecchio Emilia, Italy).

"Method for undressing a pallet and related apparatus" was invented by Paolo Rocchetta (Montecchio Emilia, Italy) and Alessandro Ferretti (Montecchio Emilia, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for undressing a pallet of products arranged in layers on a base, the pallet being coated with a protective film for retaining and protecting the products with the film adapted to cover the upper surface and the side surface of the pallet, includes separating the protective film into two segments each having an upper flap of an upper portion of film ...