US Patent Issued to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide on Sept. 30 for "Bioreactor and process for forming polyhydroxybutyrate directly from depolymerized polyhydroxybutyrate" (Georgia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,655, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc. (Neenah, Wis.).

"Bioreactor and process for forming polyhydroxybutyrate directly from depolymerized polyhydroxybutyrate" was invented by Stephen Quirk (Alpharetta, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bioreactor and process are disclosed for forming polyhydroxybutyrate directly from depolymerized polyhydroxybutyrate. In two bioreactor vessels, a microorganism product, such as one or more enzymes, are combined with the polyhydroxybutyrate-containing post-consumer product materials. The microorganism can naturally secrete the one or more enzymes or can be genetical...