ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,054, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to EASYSNAP TECHNOLOGY S.R.L. (Alessandria, Italy).
"Sealed single-dose package with break opening" was invented by Andrea Taglini (Castellazzo Bormida, Italy) and Tomas Di Girolamo (Castellazzo Bormida, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealed single-dose package having a semi-rigid sheet and a flexible sheet that pierce a pocket for a dose of a product is provided. On a rear face of the semi-rigid sheet an outer incision for breaking the package open is provided. The semi-rigid sheet has a supporting layer having the rear face made of paper, cardboard or other cellulose-based material."
The ...