US Patent 9,695,105 granted for the preparation of complex oligomeric structures, naming Catia Bastioli among the inventors.
On July 4, 2016, U.S. Patent 9,695,105, titled "Process for the preparation of complex oligomeric structures," was granted to Novamont S.p.A., with Catia Bastioli named among the inventors. This patent formalized protection for oligomeric building-block chemistry first filed in March 2015, used to fine-tune the performance of bio-based and biodegradable polymer systems.
The granted technology enabled more precise control over the molecular architecture of materials within Novamont's product platforms, supporting applications requiring specific combinations of flexibility, strength, and degradation profiles. Such refinements were essential as bioplastics moved from simple packaging applications into more demanding technical and industrial uses.
This grant, arriving nearly two decades after Bastioli's first major bioplastics patent in the 1990s, illustrates the remarkable longevity and breadth of her inventive career. It reflects her sustained contribution not just to the founding technologies of the bioplastics industry, but to its ongoing scientific maturation into more complex and versatile materials science applications.