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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:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2006
Applicants:
Hans G. Franke, Bryan, TX (US);
Donald R. Bittner, Irving, TX (US);
Inventors:
Hans G. Franke, Bryan, TX (US);
Donald R. Bittner, Irving, TX (US);
Assignee:
Amylex Corporation, Petaluma, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 47/00 (2006.01); B29C 67/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Biodegradable starch-based extruded products and methods of manufacturing those products are provided. In particular, extruded starch products processed by compression, stretching or compression and stretching provide excellent flexibility, pliability, dimensional stability, resiliency, abrasion resistance and other properties making them attractive for use as packaging materials.