ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,485, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. (Pully, Switzerland).

"Blank, a carton gable top package and a method for producing a carton gable top package" was invented by Bengt Hakansson (Sjobo, Sweden), Goran Dahl (Hoor, Sweden), Erica Lundstrom (Malmo, Sweden), Ida Leufstedt (Lomma, Sweden) and Kristian Jacobsson (Dalby, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blank configured to be folded into a gable top package that holds a food product and is openable by forming a spout for the package. The blank comprising first and second gable panels, first and second top fin panels and first and second gable f...