ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,325, issued on March 18, was assigned to Ember LifeSciences Inc. (Westlake Village, Calif.).

"Reusable portable shipping container" was invented by Clayton Alexander (Westlake Village, Calif.), Damian Lee (Westlake Village, Calif.), Robert James Speck (Westlake Village, Calif.), Kevin Michael Malak (San Diego), Simon David James (Simi Valley, Calif.), Christopher Thomas Wakeham (Solana Beach, Calif.) and Gregory Joseph Yang (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reusable shipper container has a container body with a payload chamber for holding goods and a lid operable to access the payload chamber. The reusable shipper containe...