ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,124, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Ranpak Corp. (Concord Township, Ohio).

"Apparatus and method for making a coil of dunnage" was invented by Peter L.C. Lemmens (Gronsveld, Netherlands) and Jordy van der Kaap (Spaubeek, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dunnage conversion system for making a coil of dunnage from a sheet stock includes a coiler, a movable dancer upstream of the coiler and interposed in a path of the sheet stock, and a controller communicatively coupled to each of the coiler and the movable dancer. The coiler is configured to wind the sheet stock, and the controller is configured to control the speed ...