ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,074, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to KURARAY Co. LTD. (Okayama, Japan).

"Gas barrier resin composition, method for producing gas barrier resin composition, and molded product" was invented by Masakazu Nakaya (Kurashiki, Japan) and Mizuko Oshita (Kurashiki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are: a gas barrier resin composition having sufficient long-run workability and superior gas barrier properties which compare favorably to those of fossil fuel-derived resins, while containing a biomass-derived raw material; a multilayer structure in which the gas barrier resin is used; and a method for producing such a gas barrier res...