US Patent Issued to KANEKA on Jan. 13 for "Method for producing poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) foam particles and method for producing poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) foam molded article" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,707, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to KANEKA Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Method for producing poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) foam particles and method for producing poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) foam molded article" was invented by Tetsuya Minami (Settsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) foam particles are obtained by: introducing a blowing agent into an aqueous dispersion in a pressure-resistant vessel, the aqueous dispersion containing a crosslinking agent and resin particles containing a poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate); heating the contents of the pressure-resistant vessel to a given temperature in a range of 130 to 150deg...