US Patent Issued to Klockner Pentaplast of America on May 27 for "Thermoformed packaging and methods of forming the same" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,441, issued on May 27, was assigned to Klockner Pentaplast of America Inc. (Gordonsville, Va.).

"Thermoformed packaging and methods of forming the same" was invented by Wade Jackson Kammauff (Charlottesville, Va.), Seth Thomas Stewart (Charlottesville, Va.) and Carlos Daniel Stagnaro (Charlottesville, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In various aspects, the present disclosure pertains to thermoformed webs that comprise polymer films having one or more thermoformed cavities contained therein, the polymer films comprising a polymer blend of amorphous polyethylene terephthalate (APET) and a copolyester that comprises (a) dicarboxylic ...