ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,532, issued on April 8, was assigned to FrostPharma AB (Danderyd, Sweden).

"Clinical waste container comprising wood fibres arranged with first and second snap-locking means and method for producing the same" was invented by Peter Wall (Eskilstuna, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Clinical waste container (100) comprising a lower basket part (110) and an upper lid part (120), comprising a cylindrical part (121) having an upper lid opening (122); and a lid cap part (130), arranged to be fastened to said lid part so as to cover said lid opening, wherein the lid part and the lid cap part each comprise cooperating snap-lock means (1...