ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,457, issued on July 7, was assigned to AMCOR RIGID PACKAGING USA LLC (Manchester, Mich.).

"Heated blow mold thread insert for forming threads of a container" was invented by Michael Wurster (Chelsea, Mich.), Aaron Teitlebaum (Sylvania, Ohio), Gregory T. Hall (Adrian, Mich.) and Steven Charles Dettling (Manchester, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure includes a thread insert for a blow mold assembly configured to form a polymeric container. The thread insert includes: an inner mold surface defining threads, the inner mold surface configured to form a finish of the container; a first bore defined by the thread in...