US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on Sept. 16 for "Reclosable bag having a repulpable zipper" (Illinois, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,653, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Reclosable bag having a repulpable zipper" was invented by Jose Manuel Septien Rojas (Naperville, Ill.), Eric Plourde (Frankfort, Ill.), Kevin Olechowski (Bourbonnais, Ill.), Marion Johnson (Hoffman Estates, Ill.), Clifton Howell (Elburn, Ill.), Lars Wihlborg (Stratford, Conn.) and David Galley (Manteno, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A zipper for a reclosable bag includes a first interlocking element, and a second interlocking element. The first interlocking element and the second interlocking element are configured to cooperate to selectively...