Patents remain an important way for research-intensive universities to exploit their work, but the commercialisation scene is changing. Direct licensing to large companies appears to be in decline, with universities increasingly expected to develop technologies to higher levels of maturity and lower the risk, and new actors stepping in to support university ecosystems.
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February 25, 2021
LONDON February 25, 2021 Polymateria, who in 2020 became the first company to evidence full biodegradation of plastic in the open environment , has today open-sourced data showing that its Biotransformation technology is recyclable as well as biodegradable.
Heralding a step forward in the shift to a more circular economy, polyethylene filmcontaining Polymateria’s Biotransformation technology has been shown to meet accepted industry protocol for recyclability through independent testing.
Polymateria’s technology demonstrates that the vision of a truly circular economy is possible. An economy where materials are reused or recycled as a matter of priority while allowing any items escaping the system to return to nature without causing any harm. By uniquely time-controlling when biodegradation will start, Polymateria’s technology allows time for recycling to take place before biodegradation is triggered.