ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,915, issued on April 21, was assigned to Little Feet Packaging Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Method and system for forming domed paper and structures" was invented by Nicholas P. De Luca (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for forming domes or protruded structures in a flat material such as paper is disclosed. The method includes cutting one or more sheets; applying an adhesive between the one or more sheets, joining the one or more sheets together in a registered manner to form a substrate, and pressing the adhesive under pressure to shape the substrate into a desired shape may include the domes or protrud...