US Patent Issued to NUTRITION & BIOSCIENCES USA 4 on Feb. 17 for "Poly alpha-1,3-glucan esters and articles made therefrom" (Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,916, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to NUTRITION & BIOSCIENCES USA 4 INC. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Poly alpha-1,3-glucan esters and articles made therefrom" was invented by Alicia C. Briegel (Wilmington, Del.), Ross S. Johnson (Wilmington, Del.), Vindhya Mishra (Wilmington, Del.), Kathleen Opper (Wilmington, Del.) and Shalini Saxena (Wilmington, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure generally relates to poly alpha-1,3-glucan compositions and articles containing them. In particular interest is comprising poly alpha-1,3-glucan ester derivatives. The poly alpha-1,3-glucan derivatives are useful in thermoprocesses and in partic...