ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,276, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Closure Systems International Inc. (Indianapolis).

"Closure assembly and package with closure assembly" was invented by Robert H. Owen (Crawfordsville, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A polymeric closure assembly includes inner and outer shells, and a liner. The inner shell includes a top wall portion and a skirt portion. The top wall portion of the inner shell forms an opening therein. The skirt portion of the inner shell includes a thread formation. The outer shell includes a top wall portion and a skirt portion. The top wall portion of the outer shell forms an opening therein. The liner ...