ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,261, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SOCIETE ANONYME DES EAUX MINERALES D'EVIAN ET EN ABREGE "S.A.E.M.E" (Evian-les-Bains, France).

"Bottle with an enhanced bottom" was invented by Germano Duarte Da Cal (Thonon-les-Bains, France), Yann Debuire (Allinges, France), Remi Charlot (Neuvecelle, France), Frederic Senaux (Evian-les-Bains, France) and Eric Viollaz (Evian-les-Bains, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bottle having good mechanical properties and lightness due to its bottom design includes a bottom, a body, and a neck. The bottom has a dome, a coronal arch, an annular seat, a side wall, six main radial grooves, five seco...