ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,642, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Winpak Ltd. (Winnipeg, Canada).

"Resealable container" was invented by Eduard Boja (Winnipeg, Canada), Christopher Dartiailh (Winnipeg, Canada), Mustafa Bilgen (Fayettville, Ga.), James Imburgia (Delancey, N.Y.) and Bradley Ranville (Winnipeg, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container including a tray and a lidding film is provided. The lidding film is removably coupled to the tray and includes a breakable layer, a lidding layer coupled to the breakable layer, and a PSA layer. A reseal portion of the breakable layer is sealed to a flange of the tray. The PSA layer is arranged between th...