US Patent Issued to BALL on June 23 for "Container with mark or markings for tracking and tracing" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,279, issued on June 23, was assigned to BALL Corp. (Westminster, Colo.).

"Container with mark or markings for tracking and tracing" was invented by Jason M. Kelly (Arvada, Colo.), Sarah I. Merrill (Denver) and Adam P. Stowitts (Arvada, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and apparatuses for marking a container for tracking and tracing the container throughout the lifecycle of the container. The mark can be applied, for example, on the closed end, bottom dome, or an end closure of the container. Tracking and tracing a container at various points during its lifecycle such as point of sale, where the container is recy...