ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,295, issued on Jan. 27.
"Modulated weight reduced ferrule canister" was invented by Simon Freed (Round Rock, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and associated methods relate to a weight reduced ferrule (WRF) pharmaceutical container closure system that consumes less resources while having sufficient tensile strength to sealingly couple a closure to a canister. The pharmaceutical canister may, for example, include a lip extending into a cavity of the container from a distal end of the wall at a predetermined angle. The lip may, for example, define a sealing flat sealing surface extending around an entire perimeter of an ap...