US Patent Issued to AHLSTROM on July 28 for "Compostable lid intended to seal a capsule and a capsule sealed by the lid" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,067, issued on July 28, was assigned to AHLSTROM OYJ (Helsinki).

"Compostable lid intended to seal a capsule and a capsule sealed by the lid" was invented by Valerio Miozzo (Saint-Jorioz, France), Herve Planchard (Crach, France), Florence Vidal (Saint Cyr Au Mont D'Or, France) and Mireille Roux (Givors, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compostable lid intended to seal a beverage capsule is provided. The lid is composed of a multilayer complex successively comprising a non-woven material wherein at least 50% by weight of the fibers are composed of polylactic acid (PLA), an adhesive layer suitable for coming into contact with fo...