ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,050, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Dock holder, packaging, and methods of use" was invented by Jason Seng-Che Lam (Lake Forest, Calif.), Darshin S. Patel (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.), Alyssa Joy Hamm (Huntington Beach, Calif.), Yuanlong Du (Irvine, Calif.), Jocelyn Chau (Buena Park, Calif.), Sean Chow (Irvine, Calif.) and Vipul P. Rajpara (Lake Forest, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container configured to receive a dock assembly therein for packaging is disclosed. The container can include: a base defining an engagement surface configured to receive the dock assembly; a li...