US Patent Issued to Nant Holdings IP, Calcean Minerals and Materials on April 14 for "Aragonite-based polymer materials" (California, Alabama Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,854, issued on April 14, was assigned to Nant Holdings IP LLC (Culver City, Calif.) and Calcean Minerals and Materials LLC (Gadsden, Ala.).

"Aragonite-based polymer materials" was invented by Patrick Soon-Shiong (Culver City, Calif.), Patrick Lahmann (Gadsden, Ala.) and Alyson Myers (Gadsden, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions, methods, and uses of aragonite biobased polymer plastic compositions are presented having increased strength and stiffness as well as improved recyclability and/or biodegradability. The aragonite biobased plastic compositions include aragonite blended in a dispersion with a biobased polymer and ...