US Patent Issued to 1263349 ONTARIO on Jan. 13 for "Biodegradable thermosetting chitosan-based polymerizable composition and process of using same to form a mold casted object" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,718, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to 1263349 ONTARIO INC. (Trenton, Canada).

"Biodegradable thermosetting chitosan-based polymerizable composition and process of using same to form a mold casted object" was invented by Alexander Niall May (Belleville, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a chitosan-based composition that can be converted into a self-supporting casted object having good tensile and compressive strength that can also biodegrade at the end of its lifecycle. The composition comprises entirely bio-based or bio-sourced reagents that can be converted to the final product via a polymerizati...