US Patent Issued to Liqui-Box on Oct. 14 for "Recyclable metallized barrier films and bags for packaging flowable materials" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,529, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Liqui-Box Corp..

"Recyclable metallized barrier films and bags for packaging flowable materials" was invented by Nicholas Farkas (Ontario, Canada) and Paul Georgelos (Naperville, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides co-extruded, multi-layer films, including metallized barrier films and non-barrier films, and articles of manufacture that include the films, such as flexible bags and containers for flowable materials. The films and articles that include the films have good heat retention, and barrier properties, as well as good flex-crak resistance and toughness. The films a...