ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,788, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to ACTIVE TOOLS INTERNATIONAL (HK) LTD. (Causeway Bay, Hong Kong).

"Sealant bottle" was invented by Jui Hung Wesley Hong (Causeway Bay, China), Koon Fung Lam (Causeway Bay, China), Wai Kwong Ching (Causeway Bay, China) and Shixiong Luo (Causeway Bay, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application discloses a sealant bottle, which comprises: a bottle body defining an internal space for storing sealant and having: a gas inlet in fluid communication with the internal space to allow gas to enter the internal space; a pipe for receiving the sealant, at least a portion of which is arranged...