ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,998, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Dusseldorf, Germany).

"Packaging system for at least one product preparation component and corresponding method for handling the product preparation component" was invented by Antoine Lombard (Duesseldorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packaging system for at least one product preparation component, having a first container for storing a first product preparation component, a second container for storing at least one further product preparation component, and a closure device which seals off an opening in the first container from the environment by way of a clo...