ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,808, issued on July 7, was assigned to SELIG FRANCE (Chazay-d'Azergues, France).
"Compostable sealing member" was invented by Rafael Zamora (Oberglatt, Switzerland) and Timea Cilmi (Oberglatt, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various forms of sealing members are described along with the laminates from which the sealing members are formed. In some forms, the sealing members may generally be formed from materials that may be compostable. In some forms, the sealing members are substantially free of plastic materials. In one form, the sealing members do not include any metal foil layers such as would traditionally be included in...