ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,280, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to SCHOTT Pharma AG & Co. KGaA (Mainz, Germany) and SCHOTT Pharma Schweiz AG (St. Gallen, Switzerland).

"Glass container and glass container system" was invented by Benjamin Heiz (St. Gallen, Switzerland), Claudia Santini (Zurich, Switzerland), Sebastian Brechler (Flawil, Switzerland), Stephanie Mangold (Schornsheim, Germany) and Ugljesa Babic (Winterthur, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glass container for pharmaceutical compositions includes a hollow cylindrical body having at least one open end. At least a part of a surface of the glass container includes a coating. The coating has a...