US Patent Issued to LIFOAM INDUSTRIES on Nov. 4 for "Polylactic acid-based custom corrugate packaging and associated methods" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,718, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to LIFOAM INDUSTRIES LLC (Greer, S.C.).

"Polylactic acid-based custom corrugate packaging and associated methods" was invented by Saumitra Bhargava (Clarksville, Md.) and Jonathan Godfrey (Joppa, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for adhering polylactic acid-based (such as polylactic acid resin (PLA) foam) custom product packaging to a corrugate surface is provided. The corrugate surface is heated to a suitable temperature and the PLA foam may be pressed against the corrugate surface for a second or seconds to rapidly adhere the PLA foam to the corrugate surface. The adhesion between the c...