ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,054, issued on July 28, was assigned to Abbott Rapid Diagnostics International UnLtd. Co. (Dublin).
"Container closure indicator system" was invented by Austin M. Derfus (Solana Beach, Calif.), Adrian P. Crute (Escondido, Calif.), Armando R. Tovar (San Diego) and Brian Cattaneo (Carlsbad, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present disclosure include a container closure indicator system for indicating that a cap is completely engaged with a container and method for using the same. The system may include a cap flag and a flag screen. The cap flag may be located on a lower surface of a cap and may extend downwards away...