ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,616, issued on June 9, was assigned to SHISEIDO COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).

"Double container, method for attaching refill in double container, and connecting part" was invented by Yoshihiko Kobashi (Tokyo), Tsuyoshi Sasaki (Tokyo) and Kosuke Otaka (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Invention's double container 100 includes: inner container 1 including mouth and shoulder parts; outer container 2 having side wall and accommodating inner container 1 replaceably; two-stage tube-shaped first connecting member 4 having opening through which inner container 1's mouth part can be inserted, and threadedly engageable with outer surface of outer c...