ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,001, issued on July 14, was assigned to Pegaso Industries S.p.A. (Borgoricco, Italy).

"Process for drying granular polymeric material and plant operating according to said process" was invented by Rinaldo Piva (Borgoricco, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for drying granular polymeric material, includes: dehumidifying the granular polymeric material by a first flow of gas at a first temperature of between 100deg C. and 150deg C.; heating the dehumidified granular polymeric material to a second temperature, greater than the first temperature; drying the granular polymeric material heated to the second temperature, by app...