ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,974, issued on May 6, was assigned to SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V. (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands).
"Biaxially oriented polypropylene film for heat sealing" was invented by Ling Fan (Geleen, Netherlands), Hongtao Shi (Geleen, Netherlands), Maria Soliman (Geleen, Netherlands), Shan Qin (Geleen, Netherlands), Shengming Cui (Geleen, Netherlands), Priya Garg (Geleen, Netherlands) and Jacobus Christinus Josephus Franciscus Tacx (Geleen, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention related to a film comprising multiple co-extruded film layers, the film having a length and a width, and a thickness defined as the dimensio...