US Patent Issued to Purdue Research Foundation on July 14 for "Material mixing and granulation systems and methods" (Indiana, Nebraska, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,757, issued on July 14, was assigned to Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Ind.).

"Material mixing and granulation systems and methods" was invented by Paul R. Mort (Lafayette, Ind.), Nicole K. Balog (West Lafayette, Ind.), Simon Ray (Brownsville, Texas), Kayli L. Henry (Lafayette, Ind.), Carl R. Wassgren (West Lafayette, Ind.) and Leonard Joseph Connors (Omaha, Neb.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mixing assembly includes a mixing basin, first and second pluralities of mixing paddles, and at least one motor. The mixing basin includes first and second parallel shafts extending therethrough. Each of the first and second plur...