ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,409, issued on March 31, was assigned to MANKIEWICZ GEBR. & Co. (GMBH & Co. KG) (Hamburg, Germany).

"Device and methods for producing edge protection coatings, the device having a flexible base plate, a channel, and a sealing lip" was invented by Philipp Costa (Hamburg, Germany), Alexander Weinhold (Hamburg, Germany) and Jochen Wehner (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for applying at least one coating material to a substrate surface. The device includes a flexible base plate having a toothing which is mounted on at least one side of the flexible base plate as a toothed side, a channel which is arranged parall...