US Patent Issued to Graphic Packaging International on Nov. 3 for "Method and system for forming a package" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,467, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Graphic Packaging International LLC (Atlanta).

"Method and system for forming a package" was invented by Carlos Molina Pena (Atlanta), Nicholas Evans (Canton, Ga.), John Pate (Snellville, Ga.), Miguel Lopez (Rome, Ga.), Ainsworth Wright (Palmetto, Ga.) and Clifton R. Howell (White, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for forming a package that addresses operational challenges in container packaging systems. The system may include a conveyor to propagate the blank and the plurality of containers at a first velocity through the system, the blank includes a main panel having a plu...