ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,171, issued on July 7, was assigned to RPC Formatec GmbH (Mellrichstadt, Germany).
"Dispenser with lid handle" was invented by Markus Thau (Mellrichstadt, Germany) and Johannes Krieger (Mellrichstadt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dispenser for powdery substances contained in a separate package that has a container part with removable container cover, wherein an aspirated air flow is further sucked predominantly through the container part after removal of the container cover from the container part, such that two air flows entering through slits in a lid that can be pivoted around a pivoting axis evacuate the container part...