ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,637, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Little Falls, N.J.).

"Closure system and kit" was invented by Nariye Salibryam Cavusoglu Ataman (Basel, Switzerland), Monica De Bardi (Basel, Switzerland), Guido Drees (Basel, Switzerland), Maria Enterrios Quintana (Basel, Switzerland), Joseph Alexander Martin (Basel, Switzerland), Holger Roehl (Basel, Switzerland), Thomas Peter Stuedeli (Basel, Switzerland), Eszter Voros (Basel, Switzerland), Neil Bentley Cammish (Basel, Switzerland) and Marcel Sigrist (Basel, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A closure system for closing a container opening is disclosed that i...