ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,415, issued on June 30, was assigned to Vericool World LLC (San Ramon, Calif.).

"Compostable wall bulk shipper" was invented by Darrell Jobe (Livermore, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compostable wall includes a solid inner sheet and a solid outer sheet, both formed primarily of molded plant fiber. The inner sheet and the outer sheet are joined together along adjacent edges to form a generally planar body having a length of at least 2 feet, a width of at least 2 feet, a thickness that is less than the length and width, and an interior space between the inner sheet and the outer sheet. The interior space contains one or more ...