US Patent Issued to New WinCup Holdings on July 15 for "Apparatus and methods for manufacturing biodegradable, compostable, drink straws from polyhydroxyalkanoate material" (Georgia, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,199, issued on July 15, was assigned to New WinCup Holdings Inc. (Stone Mountain, Ga.).

"Apparatus and methods for manufacturing biodegradable, compostable, drink straws from polyhydroxyalkanoate material" was invented by Bradley Keith Laporte (Newnan, Ga.), Paul Daniel George Jr. (Jacksonville, Fla.), William Lloyd Prickett (Buford, Ga.) and Billy Poindexter II (Newnan, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods for manufacturing compostable, biodegradable drink straws from polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) material are disclosed herein. Such apparatus may include a hopper that contains raw PHA material, an extruder that rece...