ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,627, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A. (Pully, Switzerland).

"Closure assembly for a container and container having a closure assembly" was invented by Martina Linguiti (Modena, Italy), Angelo Sorbara (Rubiera, Italy), Franco Cani (Asti, Italy), Tiziano Viani (Bibbiano, Italy) and Luca Gori (Bologna, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A closure assembly for a container filled or fillable with a pourable product, the closure assembly comprising: a collar including an outer threaded portion; a lid including inner threaded portion, wherein the inner threaded portion and the outer threaded portion a...