ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,264, issued on June 2, was assigned to SACMI COOPERATIVA MECCANICI IMOLA SOCIETA' COOPERATIVA (Imola, Italy).

"Apparatus and method for making objects from recycled polymeric material" was invented by Fiorenzo Parrinello (Medicina, Italy) and Fabrizio Pucci (Castel Guelfo di Bologna, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus comprises a nozzle for supplying a flow of polymeric material, a separating element for separating a dose of polymeric material from the flow supplied by the nozzle, at least one mould for making an object by compression moulding the dose, at least one conveying element for conveying the dose separated by ...