ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,285, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Packaging with integrated cushioning supports" was invented by Isaac Hayes (Austin, Texas), Bartley K. Andre (Palo Alto, Calif.), Yi-Tung Shen (San Jose, Calif.), Jonathan Gomez Garcia (San Francisco), Michael S. Long (Fremont, Calif.), Kevin T. Pagano (San Francisco), Anne-Marie Heck (San Francisco), Avianne Marie Bracamonte Tuano (San Jose, Calif.), John Alpine (Broomfield, Colo.), David Michel Provoost (Oudenaarde, Belgium) and Herman Germain De Dycker (Wichelen, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A product packaging is disclosed. The product packaging in...