US Patent Issued to Winpak on Sept. 8 for "Semirigid pouch for foodstuff storage and dispensing" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,046, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Winpak Ltd. (Winnipeg, Canada).

"Semirigid pouch for foodstuff storage and dispensing" was invented by Manuel Jose Moreno Brociner (Winnipeg, Canada), Mustafa Bilgen (Fayettville, Ga.), Olivier Yves Muggli (Winnipeg, Canada) and Ashley Robert Andrews (Kleefeld, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides semirigid pouch designs and methods of manufacturing pouches. Such pouches can be made of plastic or non-plastic materials and may be easily sorted and recycled within existing rigid packaging recycling streams. The pouches are semirigid, while flexible, and will subst...