ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,928, issued on March 31, was assigned to Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. (Pully, Switzerland).

"Packaging material for the formation of packaging containers and packaging container formed from a packaging material" was invented by Giulio Bertani (Carpi, Italy) and Francesca Tavoni (Modena, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packaging material for the formation of packaging containers comprising at least a base layer having a hole and at least one separation element covering the hole. The hole extends within a plane being defined by a longitudinal axis and a transversal axis orthogonal to the longitudinal axis. An imaginary l...