ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,630, issued on March 11, was assigned to Nicoventures Trading Ltd. (London).
"Container for oral products" was invented by Pankaj C. Patel (Clemmons, N.C.), Nicholas H. Watson (Westfield, N.C.), Wesley S. Jones (Lexington, N.C.), Ryan A. Bailey (Raleigh, N.C.), Michael E. Laut (Raleigh, N.C.) and Luke Giduz (Raleigh, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to containers and methods of making same for oral products made or derived from tobacco, incorporate tobacco, or may be tobacco-free and are intended for human consumption. The disclosed containers incorporate one or more of an alignment mechanism, a sea...