ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,722, issued on May 20, was assigned to SHISEIDO COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).

"Dispensing container with cutter, solid material container, and solid material rotary cutting lid" was invented by Masahiko Nagoshi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dispensing container with a cutter, in which a storage part can be used as a refill. A dispensing container 100 with a cutter 54 includes a storage part 1, a helical tube 2, a rotating lid 5, and a movable plate 3. The storage part 1 has a tubular shape with an opening at a top and is configured to contain a solid material. The helical tube 2 has a helical groove on an outer peripheral surface t...