ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,906, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Formers International Inc. (Pasadena, Texas).

"Filter assembly for packaging systems" was invented by John Dominguez III (Pasadena, Texas) and Andrew Harrison Struthers (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly having a first body coupled to a second body via a hinged connection to rotatably couple the first and second bodies together. The assembly also has a releasable connection releasably coupling the first and second bodies together. The assembly also has a filter coupled to at least one of the first and second bodies and configured to prevent solids from flowing through the filte...