ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,689, issued on May 19, was assigned to NUOVA OMPI S.R.L. (Piombino Dese, Italy).
"Container unit, apparatus for managing containers and method for managing containers" was invented by Tod Urquhart (Piombino Dese, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container unit for handling containers includes a support surface arranged with a plurality of seats. Each of said sets is adapted to contain a container, and each container is provided with a container data carrier adapted to contain a unique identifier of the container. The container unit comprises at least one container unit data carrier adapted to contain data of the containers conta...