ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,620, issued on June 9, was assigned to Poly-America LP (Grand Prairie, Texas).

"Polymeric bags and method to make same" was invented by Gregory James Wood (Carrollton, Texas) and Anthony H. Bertrand (Flint, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to a bag of polymeric film and a method to make the bag. The bag can be comprised of a front panel and a rear panel. The front and rear panels can each be comprised of multiple layers of film. The bag can be formed from a collapsed bubble of polymeric film that has been folded in half so that opposing edges of the collapsed bubble form an opening of the bag. One...