ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,700, issued on May 20, was assigned to ANOMATIC Corp. (Newark, Ohio).

"Metallized hinge cap" was invented by Didier Marcel Teillard (New Albany, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to metalized hinge caps and/or the manufacturing thereof. One or more embodiment described herein includes a method of manufacturing a metalized hinge cap. The method can comprise applying a metallization process to a hinge cap to deposit a metal film onto a cap top, cap base, and hinge of the hinge cap. The he hinge can be integral with a first sidewall of the cap top. Further, the hinge can be integral with a second sidewal...