ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,366, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Praxair Technology Inc. (Danbury, Conn.).
"Dry ice containing shippers" was invented by Robert R. Sever (Northbrook, Ill.), Ying Zhou (Naperville, Ill.), Ranko Bursac (Libertyville, Ill.) and Amitabh Gupta (Naperville, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Dry ice shippers with unique structural features designed to deliver optimized performance for preserving one or more perishable items in a presence of dry ice during transport are provided. The improved dry ice shippers exhibit superior properties that overcome the performance limitations of conventional dry ice shippers."
The patent was file...