ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,641, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. (Pully, Switzerland).

"Device for reducing presence of microorganisms on web material" was invented by Anders Delen (Lund, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for reducing presence of microorganisms on a web material for example in a system for manufacture of packages, comprises a housing that defines an interior space, and a microorganism mitigation arrangement in the interior space. Inlet and outlet ports are arranged on the housing to allow the web material to move along a travel path through the interior space between the inlet and outlet ports...