US Patent Issued to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, WORLD CENTRIC on Oct. 28 for "Moisture/oil-resistant fiber/starch composite materials" (Colorado, California, Montana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,795, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington) and WORLD CENTRIC (Rohnert Park, Calif.).

"Moisture/oil-resistant fiber/starch composite materials" was invented by Gregory M. Glenn (Grand Junction, Colo.), Xing Jin (Albany, Calif.) and Randal L. Shogren (Columbia Falls, Mont.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to uncoated, fiber/starch composite materials manufactured without the use of fluorochemicals or additional binders that offer superior oil and grease resistance properties. Addition of an internal sizing agent in the preparation...