US Patent Issued to NICOVENTURES TRADING on Nov. 3 for "Collation of packages" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,496, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING Ltd. (London).

"Collation of packages" was invented by Paul Hodges (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A collation of packages wherein each package is cuboid-shaped and includes a pair of opposing first faces, a pair of opposing second faces and a pair of opposing end faces. The packages are arranged in rows such that a second face of a package faces a second face of an adjacent package within the same row, and a first face of a package in a row faces a first face of a package in an adjacent row. A second face of a package at the ends of each row is exposed. At least one o...