ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,948, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SINGULAR SOLUTIONS INC. (North York, Canada).

"Ultra-fast marine-biodegradable composite film" was invented by Mirek Planeta (Mississauga, Canada), Alex Mann (Vaughan, Canada) and Vladimir Climov (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultra-fast marine-biodegradable composite film can include at least one water-soluble layer, and at least one marine-biodegradable layer disposed in contact with the at least one water-soluble layer. The composite film can include a plurality of the water-soluble layer, and a plurality of the marine-biodegradable layer interspaced between the marine-biodegrada...