ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,703, issued on July 8, was assigned to Acetate International LLC (Irving, Texas).
"Cellulose ester composition and articles made therefrom" was invented by Michael Combs (Shady Spring, W.va.) and Narsi Devanathan (Florence, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A polymer composition containing cellulose acetate in combination with one or more plasticizers and one or more biodegradable fillers. The biodegradable fillers can include monosaccharides, polysaccharides, esters thereof, and mixtures thereof. The polymer composition is formulated so as to have properties similar to petroleum-based polymers for producing, for example, single-use ...