ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,727, issued on May 20, was assigned to THE GLAD PRODUCTS COMPANY (Oakland, Calif.).

"Thermoplastic films and bags with encapsulation-based delayed odor control and methods of making the same" was invented by Jeffrey S Stiglic (Willowbrook, Ill.), Dean A Ferracane (Willowbrook, Ill.), Jessica Greer (Willowbrook, Ill.), Scott O'Hara (Willowbrook, Ill.), Christopher G Anderson (Cincinnati) and Rajesh K Mishra (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a thermoplastic film that includes a plurality of ribs and a plurality of web areas that separate and connect the ribs. The thermoplastic film further inc...