ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,664, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to C-Loop Packaging Sweden AB (Stockholm).

"Patterned can end modular dispensing systems with enhanced recyclability" was invented by Nicholas Guy Paget (Stockholm), Ross Graham Murdoch (Stockholm), Matthew Eric Batchelor (London) and Alexander Pierre Du Preez (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and associated methods relate to a can having a pattern of radial displacement of material of a malleable can end with respect to a longitudinal axis of a malleable can body. In an illustrative example, the can end may sealingly couple to an open end of the longitudinally extending can body by...