ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,586, issued on July 14, was assigned to WURTH INTERNATIONAL AG (Chur, Switzerland).

"Refill station for a dispenser can with a refill lock for an impermissible active substance" was invented by Michael Scheuber (Langenbrettach, Germany) and Herbert Reuther (Krautheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Refill station comprising a receiving device for receiving a dispenser can which is to be refilled with an active substance, a capturing unit for capturing if an active substance which is to be refilled into the dispenser can which is received at the receiving device fulfills at least one predetermined permissibility criterion, and...