US Patent Issued to Omya International on Sept. 15 for "Coatings comprising antimicrobial active ingredients for food packaging" (Swiss, Liechtensteiner Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,583, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Omya International AG (Oftringen, Switzerland).

"Coatings comprising antimicrobial active ingredients for food packaging" was invented by Fabien Wilhelm Monnard (Aarburg, Switzerland), Stefanie Waller (Olten, Switzerland), Jan Philipp Weihs (Dudingen, Switzerland), Nadine Ruegg (Zurich, Switzerland), Annica Vanessa Faller (Uetikon am See, Switzerland), Barbara Maria Beck (Triesenberg, Liechtenstein), Selcuk Yildirim (Wadenswil, Switzerland) and Rico Menard (Jonschwil, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a sheet-like element suitable for use in a food pa...