ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,521, issued on July 22, was assigned to FITSON SINGAPORE PTE LTD (Singapore).

"Non-spill drinking lid and assembly" was invented by Kuam Keng Tan (Johor, Malaysia) and Yi Wen Chan (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-spill drinking lid comprising a first member, a second member, detachably attached to the first member and a collar detachably attached to the second member. The first member has a plurality of protrusions extending from an interior surface towards the second member, the plurality of protrusions are arranged to maintain a fluid channel between the first member and the second member, the first member comprises ...