ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,531, issued on April 14.

"Container lid, and container assembly having same coupled thereto" was invented by Jin Hee Ahn (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a container lid, and a container assembly having same coupled thereto and, more specifically, to a container lid coupled to a container inlet through which contents are received, and a container assembly having the container lid coupled thereto. Disclosed is a container assembly comprising: a container for receiving contents; a container lid coupled to the container inlet; and a sealing member having a bottom surface attached t...