US 11,739,216 B2
Biodegradable protein-based plastics with improved mechanical strength and water resistance
Long Jiang, Fargo, ND (US); and Qian Ma, Fargo, ND (US)
Assigned to NDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION, Fargo, ND (US)
Filed by NDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION, Fargo, ND (US)
Filed on Dec. 4, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/247,246.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/943,351, filed on Dec. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0171773 A1, Jun. 10, 2021
Int. Cl. C08K 5/07 (2006.01); C08L 89/00 (2006.01); C08K 5/00 (2006.01); B33Y 70/00 (2020.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01)
CPC C08L 89/00 (2013.01) [C08K 5/0016 (2013.01); C08K 5/0025 (2013.01); C08K 5/07 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 70/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); C08K 2201/011 (2013.01); C08L 2201/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A biodegradable protein-based resin composition comprising:
methacrylated or acrylated protein;
a strengthening agent;
a plasticizer; and
an initiator, wherein the initiator is a photoinitiator or a thermal initiator.