ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,931, issued on April 29, was assigned to Peak Nano Films LLC (Valley View, Ohio).
"Films and sheets having microlayers and nanolayers including recycled content" was invented by Michael Ponting (Broadview Heights, Ohio), Wendy Hoenig (Spring, Texas) and Stephen Mark Hoenig (Spring, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A polymeric film, sheet, or extrusion coating is formed as a multilayered structure having at least one A layer and at least one B layer. The polymeric film, sheet, or extrusion coating is able to include at least 30% recycled content resin while also exhibiting improved stiffness and strength relative to films with pure...