US Patent Issued to North Carolina State University on Aug. 12 for "Packaging coatings, packaging products, and methods of making" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,932, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to North Carolina State University (Raleigh, N.C.).

"Packaging coatings, packaging products, and methods of making" was invented by Lokendra Pal (Raleigh, N.C.), Martin Hubbe (Raleigh, N.C.), Lucian Lucia (Raleigh, N.C.) and Preeti Tyagi (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are barrier films, packaging products including barrier films, and methods of making paper/packaging products including barrier films. The barrier films can have antimicrobial properties and can include nanofibrillated cellulose treated with hemp extractives. The nanofibrillated cellulose can be obtained from ...