ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,324, issued on June 23, was assigned to Krones AG (Neutraubling, Germany).
"Method and packaging system for packaging articles" was invented by Thomas Stadler (Kolbermoor, Germany), Philipp Schartner (Feldkirchen-Westerham, Germany), Peter Dennemarck (Raubling, Germany), Martin Dietersberger (Grosskarolinenfeld, Germany), Christian Canalicchio (Bad Endorf, Germany), Herbert Spindler (Niedermoosen, Germany), Jens Losert (Reit Im Winkl, Germany) and Josef Unterseher (Rohrdorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method and a system for packaging articles (2). Outer packages (3) are set down on a horizontal...