US Patent Issued to Intercontinental Great Brands on Sept. 8 for "Packages configured for improved sealing" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,604, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Intercontinental Great Brands LLC (East Hanover, N.J.).

"Packages configured for improved sealing" was invented by Kevin Ferris (Birmingham, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A package is provided that is formed from a packaging material, such as film, having increased adhesive in critical locations, such as adjacent folds in the end seal and other areas so that that the increased adhesive can at least partially fill voids adjacent such folds. The additional, localized sealant material is applied in a plurality of discrete locations in the end seal or other region adjacent where fold...