ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,265, issued on May 26, was assigned to Avent Inc. (Alpharetta, Ga.).

"Vented fluid transfer lid" was invented by David A. Doornbos (Woodstock, Ga.), Mariann Cary (Canton, Ga.) and Benjamin M. Davis (Woodstock, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vented transfer lid includes an inner collar projecting from a top panel of the transfer lid and having an outer circumferential surface having a texturized electrical discharge machining (EDM) surface finish. In some example forms, an interior surface of the top panel includes a texturized EDM surface finish. In example forms, the transfer lid includes a transfer port wherein at least a port...