ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,093, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Somerset, N.J.).
"Resealable packaging device and method for packaging food product" was invented by Nazir Mir (Somerset, N.J.), Aishwarya Balasubramanian (Hillsborough, N.J.) and Xi Chen (Belle Mead, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packaging device incorporating a breathable peel/reseal film and enabling a preservation process for allowing for the distribution, storage and multiple servings of a food product, particularly perishable food product(s), and initiating and controlling the transmission rates, respiration rates or deterioration of the perishable fo...