ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,214, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Dow Global Technologies LLC (Midland, Mich.).

"Low density polyethylene with enhanced adhesion-to-aluminum foil by blending-in acid copolymer resins" was invented by Yifan Y. Dong (Lake Jackson, Texas), Jong Young Lee (Sugar Land, Texas), Barry A. Morris (Wilmington, Del.), Teresa P. Karjala (Lake Jackson, Texas), Jianping Pan (Shanghai), Guihong Liao (Shanghai), I-Hwa Lee (Wilmington, Del.), Carmelo Declet Perez (Pearland, Texas) and Michael B. Biscoglio (Blue Bell, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The polymer blend includes at least 90% by weight low density polyethylene (LDPE) polymer and fr...