ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,605, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to BERRY SUPERFOS RANDERS A/S (Taastrup, Denmark).
"Container with paperboard outer layer and thin plastic foil inner layer" was invented by Kasper Mikkelsen (Taastrup, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container comprising a bottom and a sidewall extending upwards from the bottom and terminating at an upper free edge, said upper free edge of the sidewall forming an opening of the container, said sidewall and said bottom comprising an outer paperboard layer and a thin inner plastic foil layer, formed in a thermoforming operation, said upper free edge of the sidewall comprising a rim portion...