ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,842, issued on April 15, was assigned to NatureWorks LLC (Plymouth, Minn.).
"Fast-hydrolyzing polylactide resin compositions" was invented by James Russell Valentine (Chanhassen, Minn.), Joseph David Schroeder (Minneapolis), Krag Ellis Anderson (Fridley, Minn.), Manuel A. W. Natal (Eden Prairie, Minn.) and Oliver J. Palardy (Minneapolis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Polylactide resin compositions that exhibit rapid hydrolysis rates and leave small amounts of residuals include a poly(meso-lactide) and a second polylactide. The polylactide resin compositions are useful in applications in which rapid hydrolysis is wanted under mildly to...