US Patent Issued to THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION on June 9 for "Lignin based biodegradable polymers and methods of making the same" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,823, issued on June 9, was assigned to THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC. (Tallahassee, Fla.).

"Lignin based biodegradable polymers and methods of making the same" was invented by Hoyong Chung (Tallahassee, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are biodegradable polyester polymers comprising lignin-containing segments and vegetable-oil based segments. Also disclosed herein are methods of making biodegradable polyester polymers and the articles made from these polymers."

The patent was filed on Jan. 7, 2021, under Application No. 17/791,166.

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