ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,851, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to YUPO Corp. (Tokyo).

"Container with label" was invented by Takashi Funato (Tokyo), Yuta Iwasawa (Tokyo) and Takuya Ikarashi (Ibaraki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a labeled container that is easily peeled off when being scrapped, while having sufficient adhesion. The labeled container comprises a label having a heat sealing layer, and a resin container to which the label is attached through the heat sealing layer. A part of the label is embedded in the resin container, and a notch portion is provided around the label on the surface of the resin container. The notch portion h...