ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,077, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SIEGFRIED HOFMANN GMBH (Lichtenfels, Germany).

"Method for controlling the operation of a device for producing a particle foam component" was invented by Johannes Schutz (Bamberg, Germany) and Patrick Fischer (Ebersdorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method for controlling the operation of a device for producing a particle foam component, wherein the device includes at least one function unit, which is controllable during its operation in respect of at least one target value. The method includes selecting, on the basis of at least one selection criterion, of a control parameter set fro...