ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,284, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Sihl GmbH (Duren, Germany).

"Unprinted inkjet-printable fillable pouches and methods for producing and printing said pouches" was invented by Manfred Schafer (Cologne, Germany), Steffen Ohr (Sursee, Switzerland), Ronny Kunze (Schenkelberg, Germany) and Axel Niemoller (Duren, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to an unprinted inkjet-printable fillable pouch made of an unprinted inkjet-printable film including (a) a multilayer polymer film including a base layer (a1) and a sealing layer (a2) which is the inner layer of the pouch and (b) at least one ink-receivi...