ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,285, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Naturbeads Ltd (Malmesbury, Great Britain).
"Biopolymer particle preparation" was invented by Lolan Naicker (Malmesbury, Great Britain), Davide Mattia (Malmesbury, Great Britain) and Janet Lesley Scott (Malmesbury, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a method for preparing biopolymer particles, said method comprising a membrane emulsification of a dispersed phase into a continuous phase wherein the dispersed phase comprises the biopolymer in a solvent, and wherein passing the dispersed phase through the membrane forms an emulsion of the biopolymer in th...