US Patent Issued to TOPPAN on July 28 for "Laminate and standing pouch" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,058, issued on July 28, was assigned to TOPPAN INC. (Tokyo).

"Laminate and standing pouch" was invented by Shukiko Imaizumi (Tokyo) and Kazuyoshi Ro (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laminate includes a substrate layer and a heat-sealing layer. A fold of the laminate produced by a weight of a 2 kg roller has a folding angle of 20 to 55deg, and a content of polyethylene in the laminate is 90% by mass or more. The folding angle may be 25 to 55deg. The substrate layer may contain high-density polyethylene. The substrate layer may be a uniaxially oriented linear low-density polyethylene film or an unstretched film made of polyethyl...