ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,203, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Heineken Supply Chain B.V. (Amsterdam).

"Pressure regulating system for a beverage container and beverage container provided therewith" was invented by Daniel Petrus Nicolaas Vlasveld (Amsterdam), Allard De Groot (Amsterdam), Rudolf Klaas Van Beelen (Amsterdam) and Wolter Wolthers (Amsterdam).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure regulating system for a beverage container system, comprising a first compartment for containing a pressurized, in fluid communication with a surrounding space through at least a gas valve for opening and closing a passage between the first compartment and surroundi...