ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,460, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Roesler IP GmbH (Hergensweiler, Germany).

"Resiliently expandable sterilizable bulk packaging" was invented by Thiemo Roesler (Wangen/Neuravensburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Resilient expandable packaging (1, 20) for small-part items (17) in the medical field, consisting of a packaging body (1, 20) open on one side with a packaging space (25, 25') closed at the bottom, which merges into a resiliently expandable closure part (6) on its upper side, wherein in the transition region between the closure part (6) and the packaging space (25, 25') one or more locking knobs (11, 12) are a...