ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,674, issued on June 30, was assigned to Texas Tech University System (Lubbock, Texas).
"Method of making cellulose bioplastics" was invented by Noureddine Abidi (Lubbock, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention includes a bioplastic and a method of making a bioplastic comprising the steps of: dissolving a low quality cellulose biomass in a solvent, wherein low quality is defined as having little to no textile value; regenerating cellulose fibers by removing the solvent; plasticizing the cellulose fibers in the presence of a polyol into a plasticized film; and hot pressing the plasticized film into the bioplastic."...