ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,044, issued on June 30, was assigned to AMCOR FLEXIBLES NORTH AMERICA INC. (Neenah, Wis.).

"Recyclable packaging film with dimensional stability" was invented by Marcelo B. Elias (Appleton, Wis.), Ross K. Gruetzmacher (Neenah, Wis.), Kevin J. Curie (Appleton, Wis.) and Otacilio T. Berbert (Oshkosh, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Recyclable and dimensionally stable films for packaging include an oriented base film having a first layer containing a polar polymer and a second layer containing a stabilizing polyolefin, wherein the stabilizing polyolefin is selected from the group of an ethylene/norbornene copolymer having a norborne...