US Patent Issued to California Institute of Technology on Oct. 21 for "Biocomposite materials and related compositions, methods and systems" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,517, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, Calif.).

"Biocomposite materials and related compositions, methods and systems" was invented by Eleftheria Roumeli (Pasadena, Calif.), Luca Bonanomi (Pasadena, Calif.), Chiara Daraio (Pasadena, Calif.) and Rodinde Hendrickx (Pasadena, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Biocomposites and related fabrication methods and systems are described, the biocomposites comprising compacted plants and/or algae cells having a water content of less than 15 wt %, and a minimized pore presence and/or dimensions, in which the compacted cells are in a lamellar sta...