ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,059, issued on July 28, was assigned to SCHOTT Pharma Schweiz AG (St. Gallen, Switzerland).

"Assembly for the positioning of pharmaceutical containers during filling of said containers" was invented by Ulrich Walcher (St. Gallen, Switzerland) and Marcel Berlinger (St. Gallen, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly has a first structure and a further structure. The first structure includes a first plurality of receptacles for at least partially accommodating a plurality of containers, and that have a first end and a further end. The further structure includes a further plurality of receptacles for at least partially ac...