US Patent Issued on Sept. 22 for "Bio-based products and methods for manufacturing the same" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,672, issued on Sept. 22.

"Bio-based products and methods for manufacturing the same" was invented by Katherine A. Kimmerle (Northbrook, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A product adapted to cleanse at least a portion of a user's body, including a bio-based material, wherein the bio-based material includes the shape of a cleansing product, and wherein the bio-based material is derived from sugar cane and/or tapioca starch. The bio-based material provides an environmentally sustainable alternative to traditional petroleum-based cleansing products while maintaining desirable sensory characteristics including softness and flexibility...