ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,646, issued on March 24, was assigned to Weber Food Technology SE & Co. KG (Breidenbach, Germany).

"Separating unit" was invented by Andreas Dietrich (Biedenkopf, Germany), Alexander Schmitt (Friedensdorf, Germany), Carl Felix Moll (Netphen, Germany), Rainer Doht (Borgholzhausen, Germany), Tim Leicht (Burbach, Germany) and Philip Kahl (Frankenberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A separating unit for a packaging machine for packing food products is disclosed. The separating unit may be used in a molding station, a heating station, or a combined heating and molding station. The separating unit may be configured to process a m...