ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,955, issued on July 14, was assigned to PLANTIC TECHNOLOGIES Ltd. (Altona, Australia).
"Starch compositions" was invented by Nicholas John McCaffrey (Altona, Australia) and Masahiko Ota (Altona, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are starch compositions, which comprise a first starch having a first weight average molecular weight between about 300,000 and about 4,000,000 Daltons, a second starch having a second weight average molecular weight between about 1,000 and about 290,000 Daltons, and a water-soluble polymer. Also provide herein are articles of manufacture and films comprising the starch composition, and...