ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,003, issued on May 13, was assigned to Otium Packaging Technology BV (Amsterdam).
"Method for forming biodegradable bags" was invented by Jacobus Cornelis Rasser (Amsterdam) and Hendrik Jan van den Berg (Hoofddorp, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is disclosed for forming a package of a non-weldable material on a vertical form-fill-seal (VFFS) machine or a horizontal form-fill-seal (HFFS) machine. The method comprises providing a continuous web of the non-weldable material having exposed areas of adhesive. In an embodiment the method is implemented on a VFFS machine that has a fill tube designed and configured to a...