ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,426, issued on July 7, was assigned to SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS (Octeville-sur-Mer, France).

"Palletisation facility" was invented by Laurent Ferre (Saint-Laurent-sur-Sevre, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is a facility for palletising products and a method for palletising products. The facility has a pick area for picking up the products, and two place areas for placing products on pallets. The facility includes a work station situated between the two place areas and the facility includes a separating wall that moves between a first position between the work station and the first place area, and a second position between ...