ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,437, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Nanocomposite barrier paper laminate" was invented by Pier-Lorenzo Caruso (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Emily Charlotte Boswell (Cincinnati), Maximilian Roehrl (Regensburg, Germany) and Josef Breu (Bayreuth, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A paper laminate comprising a water-dispersible nanocomposite barrier against any permeation."

The patent was filed on Jan. 27, 2023, under Application No. 18/102,093.

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