ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,246, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to TORAY FILMS EUROPE (Saint Maurice de Beynost, France).

"Multilayer polyester film, a laminate made of this film and of a metal foil, method for manufacturing said film and said laminate, and container made from said laminate" was invented by Hideki Fujii (Mishima, Japan), Valerie Lacrampe (Orlienas, France), Audrey Ulrich Saint-Pierre (Lyons, France) and Julien Faldysta (Reyrieux, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer transparent film with successively: an amorphous layer C of copolyester PET-G-which the diol units include Ethylene Glycol -EG- units and CycloHexaneDiMethanol -CHDM- u...