ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,142, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Radie B.V. (Culemborg, Netherlands).

"Device, dough line and method for rolling dough" was invented by Johannes Josephus Antonius Van Blokland (Culemborg, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a device for rolling dough, comprising a conveyor, in particular an endless conveyor belt, for conveying a dough sheet in a direction of conveyance, a roller, for rolling the dough sheet with at least a directional component perpendicular to the direction of conveyance, wherein the device is configured for varying the distance between the upper surface of the conveyor a...