ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,021, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Package system for article" was invented by Fukuan Shi (Guangzhou, China), Yuen Sin Cheong (Beijing), Gautam Bhattacharjee (Beijing) and Dongpo Huang (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a system comprising at least one primary package accommodating at least one article, and a secondary package accommodating the primary package, wherein the secondary package comprises a second package material having a water vapor transmission rate lower than about 100 g/m2/day, as measured according to Water Vapor Transmission Rate Test...