ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,884, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Stolle Machinery Co. LLC (Centennial, Colo.).

"Can decorator inspection and control system and adjustment assemblies" was invented by Joseph John Allen Maurer (Aurora, Colo.), Bryon L. Kajfosz (Littleton, Colo.), Sayon Chandrakanthan (Lakewood, Colo.), Russell Bauer (West Chester, Ohio), Daniel A. Jansen (Cincinnati) and Ian K. Scholey (Barnsley, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system for a can decorator structured to apply images to cans includes a can inspection system structured to capture images of a can, a controller structured to receive the captured images and to a...