ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,466, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to NISSIN FOODS HOLDINGS Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Method for producing microwave-resistant sheet for heat-insulating foamed paper container" was invented by Noboru Omori (Osaka, Japan) and Yosuke Nakatani (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An examination of microwave oven-resistant sheets for heat-insulating foamed paper containers revealed that blisters occur in the containers in the course of microwave oven treatment. That is to say, the present invention addresses the problem of providing a sheet for heat-insulating foamed paper container such that no blisters occur during microwave ov...