US Patent Issued to AVEX on June 16 for "Systems and methods for de-oxygenation of a closed container" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,915, issued on June 16, was assigned to AVEX LLC (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).

"Systems and methods for de-oxygenation of a closed container" was invented by Thomas R Lutz (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) and Michelle Lutz (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A de-oxygenation stopper configured to enable aging of an oxygen sensitive material such as wine contained within a vessel, while minimizing oxygen content within the vessel. The stopper includes an oxygen scavenging element configured to remove and/or neutralize oxygen molecules within the vessel, and a sealing element formed of one or more materials having tailored oxygen transmissi...