ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,707, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to TORRENT INNOVA S.L. (Cadiz, Spain).

"Closure for containers with evidence of first opening" was invented by Jorge Antonio Guerrero Gamaza (Cadiz, Spain) and Eduardo Jimenez Galvez (Cadiz, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a cap-type closure for containers comprising means for showing evidence of a first opening, the closure preferably being coupled to the mouth of a container. The present invention is characterized by a closure comprising an inner cap and an outer cap interconnected to one another so as to allow a spacing to be set between the two once the firs...