ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,961, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Taitos Oy (Turku, Finland).

"Foldable box and method of manufacturing thereof" was invented by Eeva Wallin (Turku, Finland) and Inkeri Paakko (Tampere, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable box has a first element and a second element. The first element has a stack of a first layer and a second layer, wherein the first layer has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The second surface has an adhesive coating, and wherein the second layer is arranged to partially cover the second surface. Furthermore, the second layer has an opening to partially expose t...