ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,038, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to BIOPAP S.R.L. (Milan).

"Container for foodstuffs and manufacturing method" was invented by Michelangelo Anderlini (Milan) and Giuseppe Anghileri (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container for foodstuffs and a method for manufacturing a container for foodstuffs having a box body made of a material based on paper; the box body being substantially a cup-shaped body formed by a base and a lateral wall; the lateral wall having a rim which delimits an access opening to said housing; the container having a symmetrical reinforcing rim with respect to a geometric centre and which has been cut fro...