ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,701, issued on July 15, was assigned to Amcor Flexibles North America Inc. (Neenah, Wis.).
"Tray composite and package" was invented by Hanna-Mari Lahti (Lempaala, Finland) and Kaisa P. Putkisto (Tampere, Finland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tray composite comprises a polymeric based liner including an exterior surface layer, an interior surface layer, and a fiber based component removably affixed to the interior surface layer of the polymeric based liner. A release agent is located between the polymeric based liner and the fiber based component. The polymeric based liner and the fiber based component are manually separable after...