ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,327, issued on March 17, was assigned to DSM IP ASSETS B.V. (Maastricht, Netherlands).

"Strip holder" was invented by Luis Miguel Fidalgo Rabanera (Vienna), Kurt Brunner (Krems, Austria), Eva Maria Binder (Tulln, Austria), Eva Maria Wanzenbock (Hausleitin, Austria), Evangelos Alexiadis (Canterbury, Great Britain), Oliver Bishop (Alton, Great Britain), Andrew Spragg (Ditchling, Great Britain) and Ben Childs (Horsham, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a strip holder consisting of a housing with a front side and a back side, the housing comprising at least one strip receiving channel, at least one fl...