Patents by Inventor Hal Marvin Howell

Hal Marvin Howell has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Shrouded flexible packages
    Patent number: 7306370
    Abstract: A shrouded flexible package is provided with an improved continuous laser score line. The score line has end portions adjacent the side seals of the package, which are located above fastener tracks which are enclosed by a shroud portion of the package. The score line contains downwardly and inwardly converging segments joined to a medial score line segment extending along side and generally below the fastener tracks. The score line is preferably formed with a laser energy source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Hal Marvin Howell, Kelly Elizabeth Arnold, Amy L. Gosselin, Panagiotis Kinigakis, Kenneth Charles Pokusa, Kenneth V. Radakovits, Jim Kyung Sung, Trisha Ann Wood