ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,207, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Container closure system and sealing assemblies for maintaining seal integrity at low storage temperatures" was invented by Dane Alphanso Christie (Painted Post, N.Y.), Adam Robert Sarafian (Corning, N.Y.) and Jiangtao Wu (Painted Post, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealed pharmaceutical container comprises a shoulder, a neck extending from the shoulder, and a flange extending from the neck. The flange comprises an outer surface extending from the underside surface and a contact surface extending between the outer surface and an inner surface defining an o...