US Patent Issued to Georg-August-Universitat Gottingen Offentlichen Rechts on Feb. 24 for "Method for producing popcorn-containing shaped parts" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,820, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Georg-August-Universitat Gottingen Offentlichen Rechts (Gottingen, Germany).

"Method for producing popcorn-containing shaped parts" was invented by Alireza Kharazipour (Gottingen, Germany) and Markus Euring (Rosdorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to two-dimensional and three-dimensional shaped parts and composite materials made of popcorn and synthetic and/or natural binding agents which are cured in automatic moulding machines or similar pressing installations by means of radio wave technology or microwaves. By means of these technologies, lightweight, tw...