US Patent Issued to Fondazione Istituto Italiano Di Tecnologia on Nov. 11 for "Process for the enhancement of the biodegradability of polyolefinic materials" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,932, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Fondazione Istituto Italiano Di Tecnologia (Genoa, Italy).

"Process for the enhancement of the biodegradability of polyolefinic materials" was invented by Athanasia Athanasiou (Genoa, Italy) and Laura Bertolacci (Genoa, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for enhancing biodegradability of polyolefinic materials is provided. The process includes providing a polyolefinic material, mixing the polyolefinic material with at least one fatty reagent, heating up the polyolefinic material mixed with the at least one fatty reagent to the melting temperature of the polyolefinic material to obta...