ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,091, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Colgate-Palmolive Co. (New York).
"Packaging article with surface coating" was invented by Zhigang Hao (Bridgewater, N.J.), Long Pan (Somerset, N.J.) and Shiyou Xu (Hillsborough, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coated packaging article may include a packaging article and a coating. The packaging article may include a body having an interior surface, and the coating may be disposed over at least one portion of the interior surface of the body. The coating may include an edible oil and a surfactant. The coating may be in a liquid state on the interior surface inside the packaging article. The...