US Patent Issued to DANIMER IPCo. on March 18 for "Production of bimodal molecular weight poly (hydroxyalkanoates)" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,611, issued on March 18, was assigned to DANIMER IPCo. LLC (Bainbridge, Ga.).

"Production of bimodal molecular weight poly (hydroxyalkanoates)" was invented by Michael Mang (Bainbridge, Ga.) and Phillip Van Trump (Decatur, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A poly(hydroxyalkanoate) composition having a bimodal molecular weight distribution. The composition includes of a first portion and a second portion of a poly(hydroxyalkanoate). The first portion has a first weight average molecular weight and the second portion has a second weight average molecular weight which is at least 50 percent less than the first weight average molecular...