US Patent Issued to Stratasys on July 21 for "Biodegradable and/or compostable biobased powders for additive manufacturing, and methods for the use thereof" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,787, issued on July 21, was assigned to Stratasys Inc. (Minnetonka, Minn.).

"Biodegradable and/or compostable biobased powders for additive manufacturing, and methods for the use thereof" was invented by Franciscus Johannes Marie Derks (Geleen, Netherlands), Stijn Witters (Geleen, Netherlands), Joseph Petronella Friederichs (Geleen, Netherlands) and Ruud De Groot (Geleen, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to certain biodegradable and/or compostable biobased particulate compositions for additive manufacturing, such as those including a polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) powder, wherein the particulat...