ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,702, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Gerresheimer Regensburg GmbH (Regensburg, Germany).
"Manufacturing containers" was invented by Florian Reger (Pfreimd, Germany) and Guenther Scheck (Zangenstein, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A holder, a transport device, and a method of manufacturing a container are described. The container comprises a body that extends along an axis and a flange that extends radially to the axis, and the holder comprises one or more fastening elements that are configured to engage one or more of a top surface, a bottom surface, or a peripheral surface of the flange."
The patent was filed on July 21,...