US Patent Issued to Altria Client Services on Sept. 9 for "Package with multiple compartments" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,996, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"Package with multiple compartments" was invented by Danielle Crawford (Richmond, Va.), Dwight David Williams (Powhatan, Va.) and Gregory H. Ray (Richmond, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The package includes an inner package including a first panel defining a first compartment, the first panel including a first end that is at least partially heat sealed, the first end defining a first tear-point, a second panel defining a second compartment, a first interfacing edge of the first panel being connected to a second interfacing edge of the second pan...