ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,364, issued on April 21, was assigned to British American Tobacco (Investments) Ltd. (London).
"Consumable pack" was invented by Paul Hodges (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pack for consumables, the pack being formed from a folded blank of material having a thickness, wherein the pack comprises a cut in an outer surface of the pack that extends only partially through the thickness of the folded blank of material."
The patent was filed on July 8, 2021, under Application No. 18/004,701.
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