Oxygen scavenging packaging
US6333087A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 27, 1998 |
| Grant date | Dec 25, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 27, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/3192
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Oxygen scavenging materials incorporated into or attached to a package such as a gable-top or rectangular carton, used to package foods, beverages or other oxygen sensitive materials, and thereby increase shelf-life by decreasing oxygen in the headspace of the package, and decreasing oxidation of the packaged product.
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