ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,119, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Krones AG (Neutraubling, Germany).

"Packaging device for producing packaging units, removal device and method for removing and separating magazined packaging blanks, and use thereof in the production of packaging units" was invented by Rudolf Schrems (Aschau, Germany), Veronika Kunsler (Rimsting, Germany), Thomas Stadler (Kolbermoor, Germany), Wolfgang Fechter (Rosenheim, Germany), Philipp Schartner (Feldkirchen-Westerham, Germany) and Markus Prinz (Tuntenhausen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packaging apparatus includes a magazine (12) having several stacked, sheet-like packaging ...