ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,650, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to ProAmpac Holdings Inc. (Cincinnati).

"Folded laminate blank and a pack formed therefrom" was invented by Quang Phung (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blank which can be folded to form a pack for food items and the like. The blank being formed of a laminate of a card layer on a film layer. The blank has a front face (9) and rear face (13) connected to opposite sides of a base (10) via fold lines (12, 14). The base has a central third transverse fold line (11) about which the base can be folded in an opposite sense. Side panels (15, 17) extend transversely from both sides of the blank. ...