US Patent Issued to Congruens Group on Nov. 11 for "Closure and drainage for molded fiber packaging" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,603, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Congruens Group LLC (San Carlos, Calif.).

"Closure and drainage for molded fiber packaging" was invented by Rick Bontrager (San Carlos, Calif.), Casper Chiang (San Carlos, Calif.) and Alexander John Garden (San Carlos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for providing compostable food containers, which preserve the quality of a food product for an extended duration of time, and which optionally, allow for cooking of the food product therein. In some implementations, the food containers are sturdy, stackable, insulating, and require minimal or no manual labor to assemble. I...