ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. D1,122,105, issued on April 14, was assigned to Petco Animal Supplies Stores Inc. (San Diego).

"Container" was invented by Jason Bloom (San Diego), Ruixi Austin Chen (San Diego), John Bonawitz (San Diego), Seung Chul Cho (Vista, Calif.), Fred Blochlinger (San Diego), Brody Payne (San Diego), Ernesto Hueso (San Diego), Harry Holden (San Diego), Troy Barber (San Diego), John Fiegener (San Diego), Tom Gernetzke (San Diego), Marcus Hanna (San Diego) and Michael Tinstman (San Diego).

The patent was filed on Sept. 18, 2024, under Application No. D/963,658.

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