ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,621, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Pharmaceutical containers including high CTE sealing assembly encircling outer surface of container" was invented by Michael Patrick Carson (Elmira, N.Y.), Dane Alphanso Christie (Painted Post, N.Y.), Galan Gregory Moore (Henrietta, N.Y.), Connor Thomas O'Malley (Painted Post, N.Y.), Adam Robert Sarafian (Corning, N.Y.), Robert Anthony Schaut (Horseheads, N.Y.), Mark Owen Weller (Painted Post, N.Y.) and Jiangtao Wu (Painted Post, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealed pharmaceutical container includes a shoulder, a neck extending from the shoulder, a flange ...