ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,576, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Ecovative LLC (Green Island, N.Y.).
"Solution based post-processing methods for mycological biopolymer material and mycological product made thereby" was invented by Jessica Hannah Kaplan-Bie (Troy, N.Y.), Gavin Reim McIntyre (Troy, N.Y.), Lucy Elaine Greetham (South Burlington, Vt.), Ian Thomas Bonesteel (Wynantsill, N.Y.), Alex James Carlton (Troy, N.Y.) and Eben D. Bayer (Troy, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mycological biopolymer material is subjected to treatment in one or more solutions that work to enhance and/or retain the inherent material properties of the material. In one embo...