ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,412, issued on June 16, was assigned to Quintus Technologies AB (Vasteras, Sweden).

"Press apparatus" was invented by Per Burstrom (Vasteras, Sweden) and Stefan Gustafsson (Vasteras, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A press apparatus includes a pressure vessel arranged to hold pressure medium therein during use of the press apparatus. The pressure vessel includes a top end closure and a bottom end closure. A furnace chamber is arranged within the pressure vessel so that pressure medium can enter and exit the furnace chamber, the furnace chamber at least in part defining a treatment space arranged to accommodate at least one arti...