US Patent Issued to SWAY INNOVATION on Aug. 26 for "Compostable seaweed-based compositions, and associated systems and methods" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,516, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to SWAY INNOVATION Co. (Alturas, Calif.).

"Compostable seaweed-based compositions, and associated systems and methods" was invented by Matthew Catarino (Berkeley, Calif.), Julia Marsh (Berkeley, Calif.), Joakim Lars Georg Engstrom (Berkeley, Calif.) and Matthew Joseph Mayes (Berkeley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compostable seaweed-based compositions, and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the seaweed-based composition comprises (i) a phycocolloid including agar, alginate, carrageenan, and/or unprocessed seaweed, (ii) a polymer comprising thermoplas...