ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,519, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to ALBEA SERVICES (Gennevilliers, France).

"PCR flexible tube container" was invented by Nitin Mutha (Gennevilliers, France) and Thomas Venator (Gennevilliers, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flexible tube container comprising a side wall formed from a multi-layer polymeric material, the side wall comprising a longitudinal weld or join, the multi-layer polymeric material comprising a thickness of between 200 and 400 micrometers, said multi-layer polymeric material comprising at least one layer of virgin polyolefin based and at least one layer of post-consumer resin or recycled material, wh...