ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,063, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to NIPPON BEET SUGAR MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Method for controlling decomposition of corrosion-resistant paper" was invented by Takuya Nakagawa (Obihiro, Japan), Yasuomi Ota (Obihiro, Japan), Yoshiaki Okuhama (Akashi, Japan) and Seiichiro Nakao (Akashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided: a method for controlling corrosion-resistant paper with easy decomposability, whereby the paper has corrosion resistance against decomposition due to microorganisms in soil when raising seedlings, the paper retains satisfactory strength during agricultural planting, and desired decomp...