US Patent Issued to EOS of North America on July 1 for "Biodegradable material for additive manufacture" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,734, issued on July 1, was assigned to EOS of North America Inc..

"Biodegradable material for additive manufacture" was invented by Donald L. Vanelli (Novi, Mich.), Richard B. Booth (Novi, Mich.) and Karl Freihart (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an additive manufacture material made from polymers and designed to be biodegradeable in a landfill or oceanic environment. The material may be made of bio-based polymers made from caster beans, cellulose, corn, starch, sugarcane, etc., such as nylon 11, bio-based polyethylene, polylactic acid, polyhydroxyalkanote, polyvinyl acetate, etc., to which is added microorgani...