ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,263, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to ENVICAN GMBH (Sennhof, Switzerland).

"Can" was invented by Christoph Schonig (Winterthur, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A can containing a solid, liquid and/or a gaseous medium which can have excess pressure or can develop such during transport or storage. The cylindrical can shell of the can includes paper or cardboard material and at least two wound layers, and is closed at the bottom with a bottom element and at the top with a cover element. The innermost layer of the can shell consisting of a straight-wound barrier layer, which includes a longitudinal seam that runs in the long...