ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,985, issued on March 24, was assigned to Dow Global Technologies LLC (Midland, Mich.).
"Coated film" was invented by Jie Wu (Lake Jackson, Texas) and David L. Malotky (Midland, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coated film having improved optical properties and increased recyclability properties comprising a combination of: (a) at least one film layer of a recyclable polyolefin; and (b) at least one recyclable coating layer disposed on at least a portion of the surface of one side of the at least one film layer of the recyclable polyolefin such that the at least one coating layer provides the coated film with an increase gloss ...