ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,287, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Composite resin molded product with adjusted decomposition rate, and production method therefor" was invented by Ami Okabe (Osaka, Japan) and Toshifumi Nagino (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite resin molded product of the invention is a composite resin molded product, including: a main agent resin; and a plurality of natural fibers dispersed in the main agent resin. The plurality of natural fibers each contain a microorganism or an enzyme. When the composite resin molded product is 100% by mass, a conten...