ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,343, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to XAMPLA Ltd. (Cambridge, Great Britain).

"Plant protein-polysaccharide films" was invented by Hugo Thomas Barroux (Cambridge, Great Britain), Georgios Gkotsis (Cambridge, Great Britain), Marc Rodriguez Garcia (Cambridge, Great Britain), Nigel Patrick Sommerville-Roberts (Cambridge, Great Britain), Polly Helena Ruth Keen (Cambridge, Great Britain) and James Alexander Aiken (Cambridge, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a film comprising greater than or equal to 50 wt % of a combination of a plant protein and polysaccharide based upon the total weight of ...