ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,946, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Kraft Foods Schweiz Holding GmbH (Zug, Switzerland).
"Biodegradable boards and methods of making the same" was invented by Damian Ellis (Bournville, Great Britain), Mike Jessop (Liversedge, Great Britain), Leanne Oakley (Bournville, Great Britain) and Neil Shackleton (Liversedge, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biodegradable board having a high stiffness to weight ratio includes cocoa shell particles, cellulosic wood-based fibers, and no added binders. The cocoa shell particles may be sourced from a cocoa processing waste stream. The board has a grammage of at least about 2000 g/...