Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'In Vitro Bioproduction Of Polyalkanoates From Polypropylene And Polyethylene' Filed by Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.

MUMBAI, India, April 18 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517028776 A) filed by Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, U.S.A., on March 26, for 'in vitro bioproduction of polyalkanoates from polypropylene and polyethylene.'

Inventor(s) include Quirk, Stephen.

The application for the patent was published on April 18, under issue no. 16/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An enzymatic process and system are disclosed for producing bioplastic polymers from a thermoplastic polymer-containing post-use product. The thermoplastic polymer-containing post-use product can be pyrolyzed to obtain a pool of depolymerized alkanes. The pool of alkanes can be contacted in vit...