ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,878, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V. (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands).

"Bi-directionally oriented multilayer film" was invented by Niclasina Siberta Johanna Alberdina Gerrits (Sittard, Netherlands) and Attilio Scala (Maastricht, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer film includes: an inner layer system having a first surface and a second surface; and a first skin layer and a second skin layer bound to the inner layer system at the first and second surfaces respectively. The inner layer system consists of a polymer formulation (A) containing: less than=60.0 and less than equal to90.0 wt...