ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,904, issued on March 11, was assigned to TOPPAN INC. (Tokyo).
"Pouch" was invented by Saho Morita (Tokyo) and Takahiro Shimono (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pouch according to an embodiment is a pouch having an accommodation space that accommodates contents, and including a pair of sheets, and a pair of side seal portions sealed to form the accommodation space, wherein at least one of the pair of side seal portions includes a first seal portion located near the top portion, a second seal portion located near the bottom portion and separated from the first seal portion, and a steam discharge seal portion configured to conne...