ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,636, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to LIFE TECHNOLOGIES Corp. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Temperature insulated packaging systems and related methods" was invented by Arunkumar Madanagopal (San Diego) and Eric Barnitz (Santa Monica, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A temperature insulated packaging system includes a container having interior surface bounding an interior volume and a liner disposed within the interior volume and at least partially bounding a compartment configured to receive an item for temperature insulated shipping. The liner includes a first sleeve made of cellulose material and at least partially bounds a channel....