ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,625, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Novelis Inc. (Atlanta).
"Crazing resistant can end stock" was invented by Michael Heinemann (Vellmar, Germany), Jan-Tobias Pape (Bodensee, Germany), Christian Tussing (Koblenz, Germany), Dhiren Bhupatial Ruparelia (Gottingen, Germany), Cornelia Schroeder (Gottingen, Germany), Ian Musson Campbell (Goettingen, Germany) and Richard Palatz (Gerbershausen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are an aluminum can end stock (CES) and methods for producing CES. The CES includes a laminated metal strip having a polymer film coating and beneficially exhibiting crazing resistance. In som...