US Patent Issued to REED INSTITUTE on April 29 for "Bacterial compositions and methods of polymer degradation using the same" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,788, issued on April 29, was assigned to REED INSTITUTE (Portland, Ore.).

"Bacterial compositions and methods of polymer degradation using the same" was invented by Jay Mellies (Portland, Ore.) and Morgan Vague (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of degrading a polymer are provided. The methods may include incubating the polymer with Pseudomonads and/or Bacillus species and/or bacterial consortia thereof. Kits for degrading a polymer are also provided. The kits may include Pseudomonads and/or Bacillus species and/or bacterial consortia thereof. The kits may also include an incubator for culturing the Pseudomonads an...