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US 8,618,189 B2Granted
Chemical additives to make polymeric materials biodegradable
AssigneeBio-Tec Environmental, LLC
InventorsJohn Allen Lake, Samuel David Adams
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Abstract
The present invention is a new additive material that is physically blended with polymeric material to create at least a partially biodegradable product.
Claims6
A method of creating a polymeric resin having enhanced biodegradation comprising:
- providing an admixture for use as a biodegradable additive for enhancing biodegradation of the polymeric resin when added thereto, the admixture comprising:
- a furanone;
- a carboxylic acid compound;
- and
- an aliphatic polyester;
- and
- combining the admixture with a carrier resin at a temperature to allow heat blending to produce a polymeric resin having enhanced biodegradation.
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A method of creating a polymeric resin having enhanced biodegradation comprising:
- providing an admixture for use as a biodegradable additive for enhancing biodegradation of the polymeric resin when added thereto, the admixture comprising:
- a furanone;
- a glutaric acid;
- and
- an aliphatic polyester;
- and
- combining the admixture with a carrier resin at a temperature to allow heat blending to produce a polymeric resin having enhanced biodegradation.
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A method of creating a polymeric resin having enhanced biodegradation comprising:
- providing an admixture for use as a biodegradable additive for enhancing biodegradation of the polymeric resin when added thereto, the admixture comprising:
- a furanone;
- and
- an aliphatic polyester;
- and
- combining the admixture with a carrier resin at a temperature to allow heat blending to produce a polymeric resin having enhanced biodegradation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.