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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:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2004
Applicant:
Geoffrey Furneaux, Hereford, GB;
Inventor:
Geoffrey Furneaux, Hereford, GB;
Assignee:
Mars, Inc., McLean, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 1/02 (2006.01); B32B 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A compostable sheet material comprising a compostable substrate layer, a first compostable and sealable layer on a first side of the substrate layer, and a second compostable and sealable layer overlying said first sealable layer, wherein the material of the second sealable layer has a lower heat-sealing initiation temperature than the material of the first sealable layer. Also provided are environmentally friendly packages comprising the inventive sheet material, and methods of making such packages.