ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,918, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to APTAR FRANCE SAS (Le Neubourg, France).

"Fluid dispenser device" was invented by Jonathan Berthelot (Le Vaudreuil, France) and Olivier Deschamps (Romilly sur Andelle, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid dispenser device comprising: a reservoir (10) containing one or more doses of fluid; a resilient element (20), such as a spring, for urging said reservoir (10) to move axially between a rest position and at least one actuated position; and blocking means (30; 51, 53, 55) for preventing said reservoir (10) from moving axially; said blocking means being movable manually in a direction th...