ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,913, issued on June 16, was assigned to KY7 INC. (Tokyo).

"Lid, combination of container and lid, and container with lid" was invented by Hiroyoshi Hayashi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lid that enables easy and hygienic opening and closing of a spout in a lid, is formed for opening and closing an open mouth part of a container, and has a top surface part formed so as to cover the open mouth part when the lid is closed. The top surface part includes a small lid piece and an opening part formed when the small lid piece is lifted, a joint part joined to one end part of a tab member is formed near a tip end of the small lid pi...