ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,519, issued on April 14, was assigned to P.E. LABELLERS S.P.A. (Porto Mantovano, Italy).

"Labeling station in labeling machines for pre-adhesive labels" was invented by Luca Bonardi (San Giorgio Bigarello, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A labeling station in labeling machines for pre-adhesive labels, including a feeding assembly with unwinding rollers of a respective spool of backing tape with adhesive labels applied thereto and at least one assembly for applying the labels which has a peeling device located proximate to the containers to be labeled and adapted to separate the individual labels from the backing tape for applic...