US Patent Issued to JT International on July 14 for "Package for collating a plurality of smoking articles" (Swiss Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,630, issued on July 14, was assigned to JT International SA (Geneva).

"Package for collating a plurality of smoking articles" was invented by Jens Franzen (Gilly, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A package for collating a plurality of smoking articles includes a substantially cuboidal pouch including: front and rear major portions, top and bottom minor portions, and first and second side portions. The pouch is formed from a wrapper folded and sealed by: first, second, and third fin seals extending along the length of the front major portion, the top minor portion, and the bottom minor portion, respectively. The first seal i...