ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,667, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to SCHOTT Pharma Schweiz AG (St. Gallen, Switzerland).

"Holding device having a total height R t of a roughness profile" was invented by Christian Komann (Speicher, Switzerland) and Ulrich Walcher (St. Gallen, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A holding device, for holding a plurality of primary packaging containers for pharmaceutical, medical, or cosmetic compositions, includes: a plate-shaped carrier element which includes a plurality of through-holes; a plurality of receptacles, each being configured for accommodating a respective one of the plurality of primary packaging containers, e...