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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kazuyoshi Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
Noriko Sugawara, Tokyo, JP;
Kozo Mita, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426106 ; 426118 ; 426410 ; 426415 ; 426418 ; 426419 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a technique for packaging fresh plants, by which the freshness of the fresh plants can be retained from the time they are shipped by producers, until the time they are consumed by consumers. By controlling the water vapor permeability, and oxygen and carbonic acid gas transmission rates of a film, a package of fresh plant suitable for non-airtight or airtight packaging, a packaging material useful for such a package, and a method for retaining the freshness of fresh plants are provided.