ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,337, issued on April 21, was assigned to SKY-TAG ROBOTICS SDN. BHD. (Simpang Ampat, Malaysia).

"Packing apparatus and its method for loading articles into packaging" was invented by Cheow Heng Tan (Georgetown, Malaysia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packing apparatus and its corresponding method for loading articles, having been arranged into a stack (4), into a packaging (5). The apparatus includes a carrying means (11) for carrying the stack (4), and a compressing means (12) for collecting the stack (4) from the carrying means (11) and transferring the stack (4) into the packaging (5) through an open end of the packaging (5). Th...