US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK on May 12 for "Lignocellulosic bioplastics and composites, and methods for forming and use thereof" (Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,502, issued on May 12, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK (College Park, Md.).

"Lignocellulosic bioplastics and composites, and methods for forming and use thereof" was invented by Liangbing Hu (Rockville, Md.), Chaoji Chen (Wuhan City, China) and Qinqin Xia (Harbin City, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solid lignocellulosic bioplastic can be formed from a biomass comprising an intertwined structure of lignin, hemi-cellulose, and cellulose. The lignin in the biomass can be dissolved such that the cellulose is fibrillated. After the lignin dissolution and cellulose fibrillation, the lignin can be regenerated in...