ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,724, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to KOLON INDUSTRIES INC. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Moisture and oxygen barrier laminate" was invented by Jae Il Han (Seoul, South Korea) and Chang Won Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a moisture and oxygen barrier laminate including an inorganic barrier layer and a protective layer sequentially formed on one surface of a light-transmitting substrate, and having a particular change in water vapor transmission rate before and after retort processing or before and after tests via Gelbo flex tester."

The patent was filed on Dec. 23, 2021, under App...