ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,606, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to SW Technologies Inc. (Union City, Calif.).
"Elastomer additive promoting aerobic biodegradation" was invented by Belle L. Chou (Danville, Calif.), Samantha Shun-Han Chang (Danville, Calif.), Ranthi Manahari Dias (Homagama, Sri Lanka) and Sisitha Sudarshana (Homagama, Sri Lanka).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition for accelerating aerobic biodegradation of an elastomer, such as NBR latex, comprises an additive that includes a monomer with a plurality of polyhydroxy groups, and a growth enhancer for aerobic bacteria. When combining the monomer and the growth enhancer in a weight ratio of ...