ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,225,856, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Tama Group (Kibbutz Mishmar Ha'emek, Israel).

"Wrapping material for reduced contamination" was invented by Nachem Doron (Kibbutz Mishmar Ha'emek, Israel), Gali Cantor Peled (Kibbutz Mishmar Ha'emek, Israel) and Erez Shani (Kibbutz Ramot Menashe, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a wrapping material for wrapping around an agricultural product to form a bale, including a continuous web of material including a plurality of wrapping units, each wrapping unit having a first surface and an opposing second surface, and extending lengthwise from a leading end to a tail end, the ...