CRYSTAL NUCLEATING AGENTS FOR POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES

INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property MD 1101111 0 DOI HIM 011101 0 01111H11111111111111111111111111111111111111 Organization 0 International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date ...0\"\" WO 2018/075594 Al 26 April 2018 (26.04.2018) WIP0 I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: CO8G 63/06 (2006.01) CO8G 63/88 (2006.01) C08K 5/00 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2017/057110 (22) International Filing Date: 18 October 2017 (18.10.2017) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 62/409,540 18 October 2016 (18.10.2016) US (71) Applicant: MEREDIAN BIOPLASTICS, INC. [US/ ]; 140 Industrial Boulevard, Bainbridge, GA 39817 (US). (72) Inventors: ARNOLD, Rachelle; 925 Cameron Drive, Bainbridge, GA 39819 (US). JOHNSON, Adam; 2042 As- ton Way, Bainbridge, GA 39819 (US). (74) Agent: GONCE, J., David et al.; Luedeka Neely Group, P.C., P.O. Box 1871, Knoxville, TN 37901 (US). Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). (84) Published: with international search report (Art. 21(3)) - 1-1 7r 0\ i f ) (54) Title: CRYSTAL NUCLEATING AGENTS FOR POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES in I r --- (57) : This invention relates to compositions and methods for increasing the crystallization rate and/or processing speed of 0 --. polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) polymers. PHA polymers are notorious for slow crystallization rates, reducing the pract