ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,216, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to GEKA GmbH (Bechhofen, Germany).

"Receptacle" was invented by Roland Dummel (Bechhofen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A receptacle includes a container and a cap, the cap being attachable to the container for closure of the receptacle, and having a passage with an opening. The container has a neck for the passage along a longitudinal axis of the receptacle, and the opening has a non-circular shaped inner contour formed complementary to a non-circular shaped outer contour of the neck. An inner circumferential surface of the passage and an outer circumferential surface of the neck are for...