ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,970, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to BMSI Inc. (Monroe, Ga.).

"Packaging laminate" was invented by Lee Phillips Gilbert (Athens, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are compositions and methods related to a packaging laminate comprising: a first polymeric layer formed form a composition including polypropylene copolymer and/or a high density polyethylene (HDPE) resin; and a second polymeric layer formed from a composition including a high density polyethylene (HDPE) resin, a linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) resin, a low density polyethylene (LDPE), and/or LDPE/HDPE copolymer with a coextruded ethyl vinyl alc...