ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,172, issued on June 10, was assigned to NISSEI ASB MACHINE Co. LTD. (Nagano, Japan).

"Method for producing delamination container and apparatus for producing delamination container" was invented by Yoichi Tsuchiya (Nagano, Japan) and Hiroshi Horigome (Nagano, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manufacturing method includes an injection molding process of injection-molding a preform having a two-layer structure including an outer layer preform and an inner layer preform, and a blow molding process of blow molding the preform to mold a delamination container made of resin. The injection molding process includes an outer layer moldi...