US Patent Issued to AbbVie on May 12 for "Container cap and method of piercing a seal covering an opening of a container" (Illinois, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,820, issued on May 12, was assigned to AbbVie Inc. (North Chicago, Ill.).

"Container cap and method of piercing a seal covering an opening of a container" was invented by Joy Elizabeth Borgardt (Evanston, Ill.), James J. Hughes (Libertyville, Ill.), Ted Klikuszowian (Arlington Heights, Ill.), Todd Marshall (Lindenhurtst, Ill.), Marc Plew (Gurnee, Ill.), Kelsey M. Coffey (Evansville, Ind.), Scott L. Fisher (Evansville, Ind.) and Jason A. Rowe (Santa Claus, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container cap (100) configured to couple to an access opening of a container, and the access opening having a seal configured to cover the acces...