ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,034, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to QINGDAO AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY (Shandong, China).

"Preparation method of edible and biodegradable tableware" was invented by Man Li (Qingdao, China), Yuanpu Liu (Qingdao, China), Meng Ma (Qingdao, China), Ruobing Jia (Qingdao, China), Qingjie Sun (Qingdao, China), Jing Wang (Qingdao, China) and Zejie Ou (Qingdao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a preparation method of an edible and biodegradable environmental-friendly tableware, and the present invention provides a preparation method of a natural macromolecule-based edible and degradable tableware, where t...