ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,580, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Softbox Systems Ltd. (Long Crendon, Great Britain).

"Method of manufacture of a passive temperature control carton for transport and storage" was invented by Edwin Francis Tattam (Long Crendon, Great Britain), Sean James Austerberry (Long Crendon, Great Britain), Jack Walton (Long Crendon, Great Britain) and Adam Delderfield (Long Crendon, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of providing an insulating carton (40) for use in a cubic cold-chain container, the insulating carton (40) being formed of four lateral insulating panels (44) about an axis, together with a base (46) insul...