ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,786, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Toshihiko Sato (Saitama, Japan) and MARKETVISION Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Food container and paper product" was invented by Toshihiko Sato (Saitama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object is to provide a food container and a paper product which are water resistant, oil resistant, and recyclable. Provided is a food container obtained by mixing and stirring water, konjac mannan, and an alkali to liberate an acetyl group to obtain modified mannan whose swelling is suppressed, releasing suppression of swelling of the modified mannan by neutralization to obtain neutral or acidic modified mannan,...