ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,714, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to THE GLAD PRODUCTS COMPANY (Oakland, Calif.).

"Multi-film thermoplastic bags with zones of contact areas having variable lamination" was invented by Sarah J. Steenblock (Cincinnati), Matthew W. Waldron (West Chester, Ohio), Edward B. Tucker (Yorkville, Ill.), Shaun T. Broering (Fort Thomas, Ky.), Deborah K. Fix (Maineville, Ohio) and David A. Bailey (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One or more implementations of a multi-film thermoplastic bag including a zone of contact areas between adjacent films with varying lamination. The contact areas comprise areas in which at least first and seco...