ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,475, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to ZEON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Device for producing rolled grain layer and method of producing rolled grain layer using same" was invented by Yuto Hosono (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A production apparatus for a rolled particle layer comprises: a feeding unit for particles; a conveying unit for the fed particles; a support unit for the conveyed particles; a squeegee unit for leveling the particles to form a particle layer; a pair of stock guide units defining the particle layer's width; and a rolling unit rolling the particle layer to form a rolled particle layer. The squeegee unit has a thick...