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Dual scored easy open film

US7531228B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 23, 2005
Grant dateMay 12, 2009
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Expiry dateMay 29, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/15
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A film having a line of weakness and a method for making a film having a line of weakness are provided. The film has a barrier layer of extruded ethylene vinyl alcohol laminated on one side to a first layer of oriented polypropylene having a score line therein. The barrier layer is laminated on its second side to a second layer of polyethylene teraphthalate having a score line therein. The score line in the oriented polypropylene layer and the score line in the polyethylene teraphthalate layer lie in a plane substantially perpendicular to a plane of the film forming the line of weakness.

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