ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,890, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to BERICAP HOLDING GMBH (Budenheim, Germany).
"Container closure with tamper-evident ring, and method for assembling a container closure of this kind" was invented by Philippe Nusbaum (Orthez, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a container closure comprising a base portion which extends about a reference axis of the container closure, a cap portion which in a closed positioned covers a drinking hole in the container closure and in an open position leaves said drinking hole in the container closure uncovered, and a tamper-evident ring which is separate from the cap portion...