ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,839, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V. (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands).

"Coated bi-directionally oriented multilayer film" was invented by Niclasina Siberta Johanna Alberdina Gerrits (Sittard, Netherlands) and Attilio Scala (Maastricht, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer film includes an inner layer system having a first surface and a second surface; a first layer bound to the inner layer system at the first surface of the inner layer system; and a second layer comprising a first surface and a second surface, wherein the second layer is with its first surface bound to the inner layer...