ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,712, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to TOKIWA Corp. (Nakatsugawa, Japan).

"Cosmetic container package" was invented by Yukikazu Ishida (Kawaguchi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cosmetic container package includes: a stick-shaped cosmetic material container that accommodates a stick-shaped cosmetic material inside and allows the stick-shaped cosmetic material to come out from an opening provided at a tip end; and a packaging body that sandwiches and packages the stick-shaped cosmetic material container with a film. The packaging body includes a welding portion that seals the stick-shaped cosmetic material container up to the...