US Patent Issued to Elopak AS on March 25 for "Paper-based or paperboard-based container and related methods" (Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,185, issued on March 25, was assigned to Elopak AS (Spikkestad, Norway).

"Paper-based or paperboard-based container and related methods" was invented by Gerd Unni Kvam (Hokksund, Norway) and Martin Knut Wieser (Vettre, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A paper-based or paperboard-based container (100) for holding a pourable food product is described, the container comprising: a substantially planar bottom portion; a top portion arranged opposite the bottom portion and comprising a top panel and a top sealing region (126) forming a top seal of the container; and a wall portion extending between the bottom portion and the top port...