ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,134, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Freshr Sustainable Technologies Inc. (Dartmouth, Canada).

"Compostable anti-microbial film and method of applying film to packaging" was invented by Mina Mekhail (Montreal) and Laila Benameur (Montreal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to anti-microbial film, and more particularly to anti-microbial film for packaging of a perishable item. According to an aspect, the present disclosure is directed to a packaging film comprising a polymer film having a surface, and an antimicrobial agent chemically linked to the surface. According to an aspect, the present disclosure is ...