ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,199, issued on Sept. 30.

"Multi-format envelope, method of manufacturing and using such an envelope" was invented by Tony Abou Diwan (Marseilles, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An envelope includes a front face receiving a closing fold and a rear face, the envelope being in a first format. The envelope includes at least one transverse fold line configured to enable the envelope to be folded on itself on its rear face so as to form at least one second format. The envelope includes at least one gluing strip on the rear face for gluing the folded envelope in the second format. A process, a use, and packaging based on such an env...