ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,312, issued on March 18, was assigned to Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. (Pully, Switzerland).

"Lid-spout assembly for a package, package having a lid-spout assembly and method for molding a lid-spout assembly" was invented by Daniele Palladino (Scandiano, Italy) and Maurizio Filippini (Modena, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lid-spout assembly for a package having a main body including a designated pour opening. The lid-spout assembly includes at least a spout having a pouring outlet, a lid configured to selectively close and open the pouring outlet and being controllable between at least a closed position and an open po...