US Patent Issued to University of Massachusetts on Oct. 21 for "Compositions and methods for biodegradable, biomass-based polyesters" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,482, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to University of Massachusetts (Boston).

"Compositions and methods for biodegradable, biomass-based polyesters" was invented by John Klier (Leverett, Mass.), Kelsi Marie Skeens Rehmann (Amherst, Mass.) and Lei Zheng (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to biomass-based polyester materials; methods of making biomass-based polyester materials; polyester compositions comprising the disclosed biomass-based polyester materials; polymer compositions comprising the biomass-based polyester materials and one or more additional polymer, including a conventional or non-biomass-based ...