Jul 25, 2007

German, Swiss Inventors Develop Greasy Multilayered Packaging Product

Thomas Luck of Munchen, Germany, Claudia Schonweitz of Freising, Germany, Peter Pawlak of Zscherndorf, Germany, and Rolf Kippenhahn of Eschenbach, Switzerland, have developed a multilayered packaging for greasy products.

According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a multilayered packaging for greasy products or part of said packaging, comprising a carrier layer made of a polymer material as main component and at least one layer placed on said carrier layer that does not form the outer side of the packaging, said layer containing a starch derivative as main component."

An abstract of the invention, released by the Patent Office, said: "The invention is characterized in the starch derivative is a starch derivative modified with a Carbon (C) sub 2 C sub 6-alkylene oxide. The invention also relates to the use of a C sub 2 C sub 6-alkylene oxide derivatized starch as main component of a layer of a multilayered packaging, which is placed on a carrier layer made of a polymer material in said packaging with the aim of rendering said multilayered packaging grease-tight."
Source: lexisnexis

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