US Patent Issued to Graphic Packaging International on July 15 for "Method and system for forming a packaging material" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,017, issued on July 15, was assigned to Graphic Packaging International LLC (Atlanta).

"Method and system for forming a packaging material" was invented by Jeffrey T. Sloat (Broomfield, Colo.) and Corey Desmond Crooks (Erie, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for forming a resultant material. The method can include obtaining a base material including a fibrous material with a plurality of fiber portions extending from a face of the base material. The method further can include treating at least the face of the base material, the treating at least the face including applying heat along at least a portion of the face with a ...