ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,590, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to CONSTELLIUM NEUF-BRISACH (Biesheim, France) and CONSTELLIUM MUSCLE SHOALS LLC.

"Lightweight beverage can made from aluminum alloy" was invented by Alireza Arbab (Rives-sur-Fure, France), Thierry Bayle (Reaumont, France), Mircea Cablea (Sassenage, France) and Laurent Laszczyk (Grenoble, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a beverage can on the basis of an aluminum alloy, preferably for a carbonated drink, comprising: a body (6) having a cylindrical shape and an outer diameter D1; a concave dome-shaped bottom (1) having a depth H1 at its center, an outer diameter D3 and...