ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,045, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to EVOLUTIVE LABS Co. LTD. (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Container and lid and attachment thereof" was invented by Jui-Chen Lu (Taichung, Taiwan), Ching-Yu Wang (Taichung, Taiwan), Yu-Ting Hung (Taichung, Taiwan), Yu-Chang Chiang (Taipei, Taiwan) and Cheng-Che Ho (Taichung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container for containing food or liquid is provided. The container includes a body portion, a lid and an attachment. The lid is detachably disposed on the body portion. The attachment includes a magnetic attraction member and a connecting structure. The magnetic attraction member is independent from...