Patents

US 9023918 B1: Biodegradable plastic resin

Granted
2015-05-05
Filed
2012-07-13 application 13549052
Type
Utility · 22 claims
Elsewhere
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Abstract

Biodegradable resin materials are provided which comprise a blend of a starch component, a synthetic thermoplastic polymer resin, one or more plasticizers, and a protein component. In certain embodiments, the synthetic thermoplastic polymer resin may comprise a thermoplastic polyester-based compound, and the protein component may comprise albumin. The biodegradable resin materials tend to exhibit physical and mechanical characteristics that contrast with conventional biodegradable materials.

Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg150505.xml).

Assignees

AssigneeTypePlaceAlso on furp.orgSource
Green Dot Corporation 13 patentsUS company or organizationCottonwood Falls, KSGREEN DOT CORPORATION Federal lobbying client EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state
GREEN DOT CORP SEC filer FUZZY low confidence: same name (legal endings aside), one of each nationally
PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Inventors

InventorPlacePatentsPerson pageSource
Gary MistrySugar Land, TX1PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
Madrisano CatinariTolentino, IT1PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

CPC categories

SubclassCategoryFirst groupSource
C08LCompositions of macromolecular compoundsC08L3/02PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).

Assignments and security interests

RecordedWhatFromToReel/frameSource
2019-02-08Name change
Change of name
GREEN DOT BIOPLASTICS LLC signed 2019-01-28GREEN DOT BIOPLASTICS INC. EMPORIA, KS48290/437ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25
2016-07-22Name change
Change of name
GREEN DOT HOLDINGS LLC signed 2016-07-11GREEN DOT BIOPLASTICS LLC COTTONWOOD FALLS, KS39439/639ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25
2012-10-31Assignment
Assignment of assignor's interest
CANTINARI, MADRISANO signed 2010-09-03GREEN DOT HOLDINGS LLC COTTONWOOD FALLS, KS29219/561ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25
2012-10-29Assignment
Assignment of assignor's interest
MISTRY, GARY signed 2012-08-23GREEN DOT HOLDINGS LLC COTTONWOOD FALLS, KS29206/351ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25

Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.

USPTO bulk data: PatentsView granted patents, disambiguated (PVGPATDIS) for patents, assignees, inventors, places and CPC categories; the USPTO Patent Assignment Dataset (ECORSEXC) for assignments and security interests. Patents filed in the last 20 years. No claims or full text. Links to other records are by name (and state): EXACT means the identical full name and state; FUZZY means a looser name match, with the confidence shown.