ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,783, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to SIAMP CEDAP REUNIES (Monaco, Monaco).

"Material for a polystyrene-based food packaging and preparation method" was invented by Achraf Kallel (Nice, France), Giampaolo Guerani (Viterbo, Italy) and Vincent Chaupin (Cagnes-sur-Mer, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A material for food packaging, includes a polystyrene and 0.1 to 50% by weight of a halloysite essentially in the form of empty nanotubes, relative to the weight of the material, a method for preparing such a material, as well as the applications of this material, in particular for the manufacture of a food packaging."

The patent w...