ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,957, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Method to make a container for consumer goods and container for consumer goods" was invented by Cesare Lorenzetti (Boudry, Switzerland) and Alexander Androsenko (Boudry, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making a container for consumer goods is provided, the method including: folding a first cellulose-based layer to form a package, the package defining a housing for the consumer goods; forming an outer wrapper, the outer wrapper including a second cellulose-based layer having an inner surface defining an inner area and ...