US Patent Issued to The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Method Products, PBC on Jan. 13 for "Natural packaging composition" (Belgian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,717, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington) and Method Products, PBC (San Francisco).

"Natural packaging composition" was invented by William M Hart-Cooper (Richmond, Calif.), William J Orts (Burlingame, Calif.), Julia C Cunniffe (Oakland, Calif.), Nabeel N Kalla (Berkeley, Calif.), Lennard C Torres (Dublin, Calif.), Kaj Johnson (Sausalito, Calif.) and Dirk Develter (Maldegem, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packaging material composition may be biodegradable and water-soluble. The packaging material may include a biodegradable nonionic pol...