ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,547, issued on July 21, was assigned to ATLANTIC COAST CREATIONS LTD..

"Paperboard blister pack and manufacturing method" was invented by Frank H. Wasylyk (Central Falls, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A package for containing a product includes a face card and a tray sealed to a rear surface of the face card, The tray includes a rectangular bottom portion, opposing side walls extending from respective sides of the bottom portion, first and second side flanges extending from outer edges of the side walls, and opposing end walls extending from respective ends of the bottom portion. In this tray, each end wall is configured with o...