ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,315, issued on March 18, was assigned to TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A. (Pully, Switzerland).

"Spout for a package and package-spout assembly" was invented by Rocco De Paola (Modena, Italy), Angelo Sorbara (Rubiera, Italy), Franco Cani (Modena, Italy), Joachim Kristofer Bjurenheim (Rubiera, Italy), Sara Bertoncini (Modena, Italy), James Maxwell Eelbeck (Portishead, Great Britain), Sarah Anne Dickins (Bristol, Great Britain), Alessandro Morselli (Castelfranco Emilia, Italy), Mariastella Oriolo (Modena, Italy), Tiziano Viani (Bibbiano, Italy), Pietro Martini (Parma, Italy), Livio Veronesi (San Felice sul Panaro, Italy) and Giulio Bertani (Carpi, Italy).

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