ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,740, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to NOVA Chemicals (International) S.A. (Fribourg, Switzerland).

"Biaxially oriented film" was invented by Maryam Fereydoon (Calgary, Canada), Shivendra Goyal (Calgary, Canada), Sepideh Kasiri (Calgary, Canada), Owen Lightbody (Calgary, Canada), Norman Aubee (Okotoks, Canada), Bronwyn Gillon (Calgary, Canada) and Christian Carello (Calgary, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biaxially oriented polyethylene film structure comprises at least three layers, at least one layer comprising a polyethylene composition, the polyethylene composition having a density of from 0.941 to 0.962 g/cm3; a melt...