ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,596, issued on June 3, was assigned to TERUMO K.K. (Tokyo).

"Syringe cap, syringe assembly, and pre-filled syringe" was invented by Hitoshi Okihara (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A syringe assembly of a pre-filled syringe that includes a syringe cap having a tubular cover member that covers a cap body. The cover member includes a substantially opaque first tubular section and a second tubular section having a display section. An inner peripheral surface of the cover member is roughened at least from a vicinity of a distal end of the first tubular section to a vicinity of a proximal end section of a proximal end tubula...