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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 1994
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Laurence B Tarrant, Harvard, MA (US);
Toshimasa Tokuno, Tokyo, JP;
Satya Shivkumar, Worcester, MA (US);
Assignee:
International Technology Management Associates, Ltd., Harvard, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J / ; C08J / ; C08L / ; C08L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
521 841 ; 536-3 ; 524-9 ; 5211091 ;
Abstract
This invention pertains to foamed algal plastics and products made therefrom, and methods for making algal plastics. The invention also pertains to algal plastic resin precursors for generating the foamed algal plastics and algal plastic products. The foamed algal plastics comprise a foamed and stabilized algal fiber matrix having substantial dimensional stability. The foamed algal plastics can be used, for instance, to generate packing materials, such as molded packings or foamed particles packings (e.g. packing peanuts).