ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,852, issued on July 14, was assigned to TRIVIUM PACKAGING GROUP NETHERLANDS B.V. (Deventer, Netherlands).

"Method for manufacturing a metal packaging in the form of a bottle" was invented by Marc Lemiale (Bazouges-Cre sur Loir, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a metal packaging in the form of a bottle. The method includes a step of forming a tubular part, in order to form a threaded neck. This manufacturing method includes, prior to at least one operation for forming a roll, preferably prior to the step of forming the tubular part, a step of localised annealing which is carried out in orde...