ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,039, issued on July 22, was assigned to Stora Enso OYJ (Helsinki).

"Packaging material for packaging of liquid and food" was invented by Chris Bonnerup (Floda, Sweden), Magnus Ekberg (Fors, Sweden) and Kaj Backfolk (Villmanstrand, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention discloses a paperboard for packaging of a heat-sealable packaging material comprising: -a paperboard substrate comprising a first and a second side, -a first and an optional second dispersion coating layer on the first side, which first and optional second dispersion coating layer provides a barrier against at least one of liquid, moisture, grease and gas...