US Patent Issued to SWAY INNOVATION on April 29 for "Flexible seaweed-based thin films and associated solution casting systems and methods" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,524, issued on April 29, was assigned to SWAY INNOVATION Co. (Alturas, Calif.).

"Flexible seaweed-based thin films and associated solution casting systems and methods" was invented by Julia Marsh (Berkeley, Calif.), Joakim Lars Georg Engstrom (Berkeley, Calif.), Matthew Catarino (Berkeley, Calif.) and Matthew Mayes (Alturas, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compostable seaweed-based thin films, and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an exemplary seaweed-based thin film comprises a seaweed-based composition comprising agar, alginate, carrageenan, semi-refined seaweed, and/or unprocessed seawe...