ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,394,337, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to YUPO Corp. (Tokyo).
"In-mold label and labeled container" was invented by Takuya Ikarashi (Ibaraki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided an in-mold label that is easily peeled from a resin container during recycling. The in-mold label has an absolute value of an area dimension change rate of 1% or less at 80deg C. and a tack force of 0.8 N/cm2 or less at 80deg C. The in-mold label can be adhered to a resin container that is a stretch blow-molded body."
The patent was filed on Aug. 26, 2022, under Application No. 18/683,909.
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