ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,635, issued on May 27, was assigned to DOW-MITSUI POLYCHEMICALS Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Laminate for paper container and paper container" was invented by Hidenori Hashimoto (Chiba, Japan), Koichiro Yamamoto (Chiba, Japan) and Takuya Ogata (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aspect of the present invention is a laminate for a paper container (100). The laminate for a paper container (100) includes a laminate (140) in which a paper base material layer (110), an adhesive layer (120), and a barrier layer (130) are laminated in this order. The adhesive layer (120) includes a resin composition (A) containing one type or more selecte...