US Patent Issued to Ohio State Innovation Foundation on Sept. 8 for "Bio-based polymer compositions and methods of making and using thereof" (Ohio, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,302, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Ohio State Innovation Foundation (Columbus, Ohio).

"Bio-based polymer compositions and methods of making and using thereof" was invented by Yael Vodovotz (Columbus, Ohio), Katrina Cornish (Wooster, Ohio), Kurt Koelling (Powell, Ohio), Xiaoying Zhao (Columbus, Ohio) and Varun Venoor (Lowell, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are polymeric compositions comprising polyhydroxyalkanoates. These compostions can comprise a blend comprising a polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) polymer, and a rubber polymer. The blend can comprise a biphasic mixture comprising a first phase comprising the PHA polym...