ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,292, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd (Marin, Switzerland).
"Device for packaging a lubricant for timepieces" was invented by Jean-Bosco Thanh Khai Dinh (Fribourg, Switzerland), Yoann Mosteiro Vazquez (Montmagny, Switzerland) and Romain Despland (Fribourg, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for packaging a lubricant, the device including a hollow capillary tube intended to contain the lubricant, the tube including, on the one hand, a first opening closed by a piston arranged to cooperate with a rod movable longitudinally in the capillary tube, and on the other hand, a s...