ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,625,084, issued on May 12, was assigned to Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. (Pully, Switzerland).

"Package quality inspection station and a method for inspecting quality of a package" was invented by Antonio Melandri (Rubiera, Italy), Paolo Scarabelli (Reggio Emilia, Italy), Massimo Viola (Marano sul Panaro, Italy), Renzo Bellei (Modena, Italy), Francesco Panini (Formigine, Italy) and Mattia Verasani (San Martino in Rio, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A package quality inspection station (100) is provided. The station (100) comprises a first conveyor belt (102) and a second conveyor belt (108) arranged to abut a bottom portion (1...