ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,207, issued on April 22, was assigned to POLYSTYVERT INC. (Anjou, Canada).
"Methods of recycling polystyrene material comprising brominated contaminants" was invented by Roland Cote (St-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Canada) and Jean-Mathieu Pin (Anjou, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to methods of removing brominated contaminants from polystyrene waste and recovering the brominated contaminants. The present disclosure further relates to methods of recycling polystyrene waste, wherein the recycling comprises retention of brominated contaminants or removal of contaminants. The present disclosure also relate...