ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,032, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Packaging Systems Cold Chain LLC (Carmel, Ind.).
"Cold supply chain packaging components and methods of transporting goods" was invented by Pat Tharp (Carmel, Ind.) and Kasey Clevenger (Carmel, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cold pack comprises a main body; an inner chamber defined by the main body; and a phase changeable medium disposed in the inner chamber. The phase changeable medium includes a polymer and a peptide, which can be a component of a peptide-containing composition. In specific examples, the polymer is an organic polymer, such as an organic superabsorbent polymer, and the pe...