ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,268, issued on June 3, was assigned to OP-HYGIENE IP GMBH (Niederbipp, Switzerland).

"Fluid dispenser with illuminable cover" was invented by Heiner Ophardt (Arisdorf, Switzerland) and Hendrik Ophardt (Vineland, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus has an illumination device and an illuminatable structure. The illuminatable structure has a laminate material having an opaque first side layer, a light transmitting middle layer, and an opaque second side layer. The illuminatable structure also has a light display area where the light transmitting middle layer is exposed. The illumination device emits light into the light tr...