ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,543, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Berry Global Inc. (Evansville, Ind.).

"Retainable closure" was invented by Daniel A. Bloom (Bowling Green, Ohio), Kenneth S. Bloom (Bloomdale, Ohio) and Andrew KreinBrink (Toledo, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A retainable closure with tamper evident features is disclosed."

The patent was filed on Dec. 18, 2023, under Application No. 18/543,490.

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