ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,626, issued on April 7, was assigned to MIYOSHI OIL & FAT Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Aqueous biodegradable-resin dispersion, production method therefor, and food-packaging paper obtained using aqueous biodegradable-resin dispersion" was invented by Yuma Kogure (Iwakura, Japan) and Sho Suzuki (Iwakura, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are: an aqueous biodegradable-resin dispersion in which the biodegradable resin has stable dispersibility and retains intact biodegradability and which can improve the heat sealability of paper products, etc.; and a method for producing the aqueous biodegradable-resin dispersion. The aqueous biodegr...