ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,892, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to HUHTAMAKI MOLDED FIBER TECHNOLOGY B.V. (Franeker, Netherlands).

"Biodegradable and compostable food packaging unit from a moulded pulp material, and method for manufacturing such food packaging unit" was invented by Harald Kuiper (Heerenveen, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a biodegradable food packaging unit from a moulded pulp material and a method for manufacturing such biodegradable packaging unit. The packaging according to the invention comprises a food receiving or carrying compartment, wherein the moulded pulp material comprises an amount of a b...