ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,522, issued on June 30, was assigned to DOSE SAFE PTY LTD (Newcastle, Australia).

"Dispenser" was invented by Nick Bakarich (Newcastle, Australia), Kurt Strassmeir (Newcastle, Australia), Alexander Stewart Richardson (Belrose, Australia) and Matthew Webster (Belrose, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dispenser (10) including a base (12) having a plurality of compartments (16) to hold product. The dispenser (10) further includes a lid (14) operatively associated with the base (12) and adapted to be pivotally secured to the base (12). The lid (14) includes a lid opening (24) which is adapted to be aligned with a single compart...