ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,640, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to ZACROS Corp. (Tokyo).

"Packaging bag" was invented by Toshihiko Mori (Tokyo) and Naoto Fujikawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packaging bag has a bottom member folded in half along a folding line and sandwiched between two body members. Body seal portions with surfaces of the body members joined along left and right circumferential edge portions of the packaging bag are formed on a side above the folding line. A bottom seal portion with an inner surface of the bottom member joined to the inner surfaces of the body members is formed on a side below the folding line. An unsealed portion...