Patents Examined by Robert Poon
  • Patent number: 12729031
    Abstract: There is provided a can body made of aluminum alloy and having a bottomed cylindrical shape including a can bottom 11 and a can barrel 12. The can bottom includes a dome part 111 provided in a center of the can bottom, and an annular convex part 112 provided on an outer circumferential edge of the dome part. The annular convex part includes a recess 112A provided to continue to the dome part, a ground part 112B, and an inner circumferential wall 112C extending from the ground part to the recess. An outer diameter of the can barrel is 50 mm to 59 mm, the height from the ground part to an upper end of the can body is 120 mm to 190 mm. A recess depth is 0.5 mm to 0.8 mm, and a ground diameter is ?44.0 mm to 47.0 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2026
    Assignees: Toyo Seikan Co., Ltd., Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomokazu Kobayashi, Hayato Fukumoto, Tomohiko Nakamura, Kota Kamiyama
  • Patent number: 12727695
    Abstract: A device designed to secure a condiment, sauce, or food container on the lid of a beverage container is described. The device and its related embodiments provide a means for holding a condiment, sauce, or food container in such a manner that lateral and/or vertical movement is restricted and/or prevented to reduce the occurrence of container displacement or spillage of contents while enabling greater freedom and use of hands. The device contains features which utilize common features of a beverage container such as the straw, lid lip, or container edge to secure the device and its contents to the beverage container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2026
    Inventors: William Cary Hill, Ian Yentou Ho
  • Patent number: 12729033
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to tray modules and tray assemblies made from interconnected tray modules. The modular tray assemblies can be used in indoor farming with a soilless growth medium to germinate seeds, develop plants from the germinated seeds, and harvest the developed plants. The tray modules making up a tray assembly are interchangeable and can be made from the same mold design. This can reduce production costs for making tray modules and can reduce the inventory of replacement parts needed to repair tray assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2026
    Assignee: New AeroFarms, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Ira Rosen, Nicholas Philip Robert Barclay, Justin Robert Zabilansky, John James Tarter
  • Patent number: 12727428
    Abstract: A method for managing a plurality of wafer containers in a facility includes: using an overhead hoist transport system to transport the wafer containers, the overhead hoist transport system includes a vehicle, the vehicle includes a grip device, each of the wafer containers includes a top flange, and the grip device is configured to grip the top flange; categorizing each of the wafer containers into a safe-to-use group or an unsafe-to-use group; and covering the top flange of each wafer container in the unsafe-to-use group with a top cover, wherein the top cover is sized or shaped to prevent the top flange from being gripped by the grip device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chi Ming Pan, Pohsien Chen, Zheng-Xun Yang
  • Patent number: 12715648
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a thin-walled metal container, such as a cup are described. The thin-walled metal cup includes a body with a tightly curled lip at the top end of the cup. The body includes a plurality of sections such that the diameter of the cup may be different at different places along the height of the cup. The thin-walled metal cup is designed to be light weight with a shape configured to facilitate grasping or holding the body of the cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: Silgan Containers LLC
    Inventors: Rowdy Holstine, Bambi Biedenbender
  • Patent number: 12709457
    Abstract: An urging member configured to constitute a base for a can, comprising a peripheral edge, at which the urging member is to be connected to a side wall of a can at one end thereof to form a semi-fabricated can; an urgeable area surrounding having a normal state in which at least a central part of the area is outwardly convexly curved; and a pattern of elements formed in the urging member and located between the peripheral edge and a central axis thereof. The elements comprise at least one strengthening rib extending along the peripheral edge and protruding in the outward direction of the urging member, and urgeability-providing elements located between the central axis and the at least one strengthening rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: Caniel Industries A. T. G. Ltd.
    Inventors: Tal Leizer, Arie Gabay, Lior Yemini, Offer Abramovitch, Menahem Salan, Pavel Gorodnitsky
  • Patent number: 12702517
    Abstract: The present invention describes a tourniquet carrier assembly that includes a case comprising a base portion, a lid portion, at least one aperture in the case, and at least one groove operable to receive at least one corresponding tab, a tourniquet, and a band configured to receive the case and bound the lid portion to the base portion. Without the carrier strap, the base portion is configured to engage but not attach to the lid portion when each groove receives each corresponding tab, and the tab and groove connections are operable to prevent lateral displacement but allow vertical displacement of the lid portion from the base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Inventors: Scott V. Evans, Nicholas R. Tomczak
  • Patent number: 12703557
    Abstract: A single use packing, dispensing, and rinsing technique, where a strainer element is a permanent part of the packaging, placed opposite of the primary opening, to allow a user to drain liquid contents from a container (packing fluid or user-introduced) while retaining the solid contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Inventors: Marie Caroline Brun, Cody Kyeen White
  • Patent number: 12697409
    Abstract: A medical instrument sterilization backer card includes a flap extending from an end of a base and foldable over the base to form an open-ended pocket that receives an end of a shaft of the medical instrument therein. A second flap extends from the base and is foldable over the base to form a shell defining a compartment configured to receive a head of the medical instrument therein. The assembled backer card holds and protects the medical instrument during and after sterilization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: SterileBits, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig Ford, Guy Brent Phipps, William Lawrence Patton, III, Robert James Jones
  • Patent number: 12698125
    Abstract: A transport tray with a plurality of sleeves each configured to receive a substantially cylindrical container having a cylindrical container wall and a container bottom surface arranged orthogonally to the container wall. Each sleeve includes a top opening, a bottom opening, a sleeve wall that extends along a sleeve axis between the top opening and the bottom opening and is configured to abut at least a portion of the container wall of a respective container, and one or more support feet adjacent to the bottom opening and extending from the sleeve wall towards the sleeve axis, wherein each support foot has a bottom surface and a top surface configured to abut the container bottom surface of a respective container forming a gap between the support foot bottom surface and the container bottom surface along the sleeve axis. The one or more support feet comprise a thermally conductive polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignees: Gerresheimer Glas GmbH, Stevanato Group S.p.A.
    Inventors: Nicole Hutterer, Andreas Fraas, Ricardo Colchado, Stephen Flynn, Braden Miller, Scott Rosenman, Alessio Bonati, Michele Guasti, Marco Canestraro, Riccardo Prete, Gianpaolo Bertolin
  • Patent number: 12630345
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including a reusable recyclable packing pouch. The reusable recyclable packing pouch includes a plastic container and a paperboard jacket. The plastic container includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion has a shaped region. The second portion is coupled to the first portion by a hinge, and sized to mate with the first portion such as to define a space between facing surfaces of the second portion and the shaped region of the first portion When the first portion and the second portion are coupled, the plastic container includes a flange extending annularly around the shaped region. The paperboard jacket has an aperture defined therethrough. The aperture is sized to permit the shaped region of the plastic container to pass through while the flange extends past edges of aperture and overlaps with a region of paperboard jacket at a periphery of the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: Federal Express Corporation
    Inventors: Yongquan Zhou, Jiada Mo, Scott Ritchie
  • Patent number: 12623828
    Abstract: An insulating container having a base and a lid is provided. The lid may be rotatable about a hinge from a closed configuration to an open configuration and may be secured, via one or more latching devices, in the closed configuration. In some examples, the insulating container further includes a strap assembly with a convertible shoulder strap and handle that can convert between a handle configuration and a shoulder strap configuration. In some examples, the insulating container further includes a removable strap assembly with a clip over button interface that includes an outer pivot post located on the lateral sidewalls of the base and a pivot clip attached to the strap with the pivot clip sliding over the outer pivot post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Shaffer Corbin, Chris Franks, Corey Levin, John Warren Dow, Nicolai Marcel Luksza
  • Patent number: 12616640
    Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure is related to a medication container that includes a receptacle with an interior, a bottom wall, and an open top. A refill indicator is disposed in the interior of the receptacle and in contact with the bottom wall and extends towards the open top. The refill indicator has a top surface. A plurality of pills are disposed in the receptacle, and a pill count of the pills is greater than a predetermined notification pill count such that at least one of the pills contacts the top surface of the refill indicator. The refill indicator is sized and shaped such that the top surface is free of pills when the pill count is at or is less than the notification pill count to notify a user that a refill may be necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter A. Rosomoff
  • Patent number: 12605001
    Abstract: A twin chamber mug device for containing a pair of fluid beverages includes a mug which has a dividing wall defining a first interior space of the mug and a second interior space of the mug which can each contain a fluid beverage. The dividing wall is comprised of a thermally insulating material to inhibiting thermal communication between the first interior space and the second interior space. A lid is removably attachable to the mug which has a first drinking hole and a second drinking hole. The first drinking hole is positionable over the first interior space of the mug and the second drinking hole is positionable over the second interior space of the mug. A cover is rotatably attached to the lid which can close either the first drinking hole or the second drinking hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Inventor: Erick Orellana
  • Patent number: 12564466
    Abstract: Container (1) and kit for washing and/or disinfecting and/or sterilising medical instruments comprising a frame (10), made of a polymeric material and defining a containment volume (V) and a plurality of containment panels (20), made of a metal material, constrained or constrainable to the frame (10) and defining a bottom wall (21), an upper wall (22) and a plurality of side walls (23, 24, 25, 26) of the container (1) so as to delimit the containment volume (V). Furthermore, the containment panels (20) have a plurality of holes suitable for the passage of a washing fluid. Not least, the containment panels (20) have a planar shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: GEM S.N.C. DI ENRICO XODO E GUIDO CAPPELLINA
    Inventors: Enrico Xodo, Guido Cappellina
  • Patent number: 12552590
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a container assembly including a multi-chamber container that fits within a protective outer sleeve. The container includes covers for allowing the chambers to be individually accessed. The container includes an integrated retention arrangement that allows the container to be secured within the outer sleeve in a manner in which unintended longitudinal movement between the outer sleeve and the container is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: Apothecary Products, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Darst, Julia Olson Augdahl
  • Patent number: 12543830
    Abstract: A multifunctional dual carry bag system comprising a first bag and a second bag, each equipped with side belt loops and a sash or a strap is disclosed. The second bag features an interior cavity with multiple pockets, ideal for organizing smaller items, while the first bag has an open cavity suited for larger items such as laptops and clothing. The bags can be used independently or combined by threading a sash or strap through both sets of belt loops and securing the strap in front, enabling for various carrying configurations, including shoulder, crossbody, and backpack styles. The bags are made from durable materials such as nylon, leather, canvas, polyester, or eco-friendly fabrics. The adjustable sashes or straps can include materials selected from the group consisting of a nylon webbing, a leather strap, and a cotton webbing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Inventor: Denise Powis
  • Patent number: 12545499
    Abstract: An article accommodating container comprises a body portion which includes a first main component and a second main component, which can be connected to each other, wherein the first main component comprises a main body and a projecting portion, which projects from the main body and forms a connecting portion to be connected to the second main component, and a length of the projecting portion in a connecting direction of the first main component and the second main component is ? or more of a length of a maximum diameter of the body portion in a connected state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: BANDAI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Atsushi Negishi
  • Patent number: 12540008
    Abstract: A packing module includes a packed body and a packing body configured to accommodate the packed body. The packing body includes a bottom plate on which the packed body is placed, a box body that covers the packed body, and a restricting member, of which one end is fixed to the bottom plate and the other end protrudes toward a base body of the packed body with a gap and that restricts lateral movement of the packed body by coming into contact with the base body of the packed body in a case where the packed body has moved laterally. The restricting member is configured to penetrate through a hole provided in the base body of the packed body. Clearance between the restricting member and the hole of the base body is larger than a gap between an inner surface of the box body and the packed body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2026
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Misaki Suruga, Naoto Chiba, Yusuke Kabe, Seiya Imai
  • Patent number: 12512351
    Abstract: A cover for a module tray includes a cover structure to cover a case of a semiconductor device, and a card accommodation portion on an upper surface of the cover structure to accommodate a card. The card accommodation portion includes a first bracket having a first accommodation guide extending in the first horizontal direction, a second bracket spaced apart from the first bracket and having second and third accommodation guides, the second accommodation guide extending in the first horizontal direction to face the first accommodation guide, and the third accommodation guide extending in the second horizontal direction, and a third bracket spaced apart from the first and second brackets, and having fourth and fifth accommodation guides, the fourth accommodation guide extending in the first horizontal direction to face the first accommodation guide, and the fifth accommodation guide extending in the second horizontal direction to face the third accommodation guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Taegeon Kim