ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,375, issued on May 27, was assigned to Becton Dickinson France (Le Pont de Claix, France).

"Nest for the packaging of plunger stoppers with clips ensuring a reliable alignment of several nests in a tub" was invented by Anais Eymery (Saint-Georges-de-Commiers, France), Camille Maury (Grenoble, France), Clementine Le Loc'h (Meylan, France), Ferdinand Lavigne (Seyssinet-Pariset, France), Gildas Esnault (Grenoble, France) and Laurent Jacquier (Saint Cassien, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nest and tub arrangement for the storage of medical device components including a tub and at least one nest. The tub includes four side surfac...