ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,894, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Gummigram LLC (Oak Park, Ill.).

"Packaging with illumination system and methods of operating the same" was invented by David William Schweitzer (Oak Park, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packaging subassembly for containing at least one foodstuff item. The packaging subassembly includes at least one foodstuff item container and foodstuff-containing packaging portion. The foodstuff-containing packaging portion supports the at least one foodstuff item container. The foodstuff-containing packaging portion includes an illuminator having one or more light sources that is configured to produce li...