ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,855, issued on April 14, was assigned to DAICEL Corp. (Osaka, Japan).
"Biodegradation accelerator for biodegradable resin" was invented by Masahiko Itakura (Tokyo), Takayuki Ogihara (Tokyo), Shinichiro Imanishi (Tokyo) and Shohei Yasuoka (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "[Problem] To provide a biodegradation accelerator for a biodegradable resin to accelerate biodegradation of the biodegradable resin.[Solution] A biodegradation accelerator for a biodegradable resin, the biodegradation accelerator containing a regenerated cellulose, in which the regenerated cellulose is selected from the group consisting of fibers, molded product...