US Patent Issued to CJ CHEILJEDANG on July 28 for "Masterbatch of highly loaded amorphous PHA dispersed in amorphous or semi-crystalline polymer and method of producing the same" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,387, issued on July 28, was assigned to CJ CHEILJEDANG Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Masterbatch of highly loaded amorphous PHA dispersed in amorphous or semi-crystalline polymer and method of producing the same" was invented by John Licata (Woburn, Mass.) and Allen Padwa (Worcester, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An amorphous or semi-crystalline polymer/aPHA composition (masterbatch) has a high load of aPHA (30 to 50 wt % based on the total amount of the composition). A method for production of the composition includes two or more split feedings of the aPHA in a blending or mixing or compounding operation. The method includes f...