ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,819, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Syntegon Technology GmbH (Waiblingen, Germany).

"Device and method for the force-controlled closure of pharmaceutical containers" was invented by Stefan Nagler (Unterschneidheim, Germany), Ulrich KrauB (Ilshofen, Germany), Markus Ilgenfritz (Feuchtwangen, Germany) and Erich Hillenmeyer (Ellwangen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a device (10) for closing pharmaceutical containers (12) by means of closures (14)."

The patent was filed on Feb. 22, 2022, under Application No. 18/547,404.

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