US Patent Issued to SCHOTT on Jan. 13 for "Glass tube for pharmaceutical containers and process for the production of a glass tube" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,532, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SCHOTT AG (Mainz, Germany).

"Glass tube for pharmaceutical containers and process for the production of a glass tube" was invented by Stephan Tratzky (Neustadt/Wn., Germany), Andre Witzmann (Waldershof, Germany) and Volker Trinks (Mitterteich, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glass tube for pharmaceutical containers and a process for the production of a glass tube are provided. The glass tubes have low alkali leachability and are devoid of a lamp ring."

The patent was filed on Nov. 29, 2022, under Application No. 18/059,979.

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