US Patent Issued to Societe des Produits Nestle on Dec. 9 for "PHA-based container and method for manufacturing such container" (French, Swiss, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,035, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).

"PHA-based container and method for manufacturing such container" was invented by Johannes Zimmer (Lausanne, Switzerland), Michael Karlheinz Hausmann (Boudry, Switzerland), Charlyse Pouteau (Vittel, France), Laurent Henriquel (Epinal, France) and Karson Durie (Athens, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a plastic container for a liquid, comprising a body portion (1) and a neck portion (2). The body portion (1) comprises a body portion wall (3) forming a reservoir adapted to contain the liquid. The neck portion ...