Biodegradable packaging for liquids

Objective

To create a Technology landscape report on "Biodegradable Packaging for Liquids"

Comment: The idea is to find out the innovative market players in this technology area, those are the players that are the most technologically advanced in the market place. Intellectual Property that these players hold is taken as a measure of their technological prowess in this particular area. We have used Patents and Scientific articles to point out the innovative and technologically advanced market players.

Search methodology

Search strategy	1. Various class codes and keywords were retrieved for conducting the search related to Biodegradable Packaging from relevant patents, thesaurus and patent databases and scientific articles.
Search strategy	2. The database used for patent search is Thomson innovation. (Refer section 6)
Keywords	biodegradable, bio-disintegratable, biopolymer, bioplastic,PLA, PHA, PHB, PHBV, etc.

Background

The environmental and sustainability issues, the increasing cost of solid waste disposal, dioxin emission from waste incineration have made synthetic polymers unattractive. This has led to the development and production of biodegradable polymers. Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are the intracellular inclusion in some bacteria. The property of PHA range from stiff, brittle to rubber-like and is a suitable alternative for the synthetic plastic.

The general structure of polyhydroxyalkanoates

n=1 R=hydrogen poly(-3-hydroxypropionate)
methyl poly(-3-hydroxybutyrate)
ethyl poly(3-horoxyvalerate)
propyl poly(-3-hydroxyhexanoate)
pentyl poly (-3-hydroxyoctanoate)
nonyl poly (-3-hydroxydodecanoate)
n=2 R=hydrogen poly (-4-hydroxybutyrate)
n=3 R=hydrogen poly (-5-hydroxyvalerate) (https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/bitstream/1807/3487/1/jb04003.pdf.

Lactic acid polymerization to PLA

Polylactic acid (PLA) is another biopolymer with environmental benefit. Polylactic acid (PLA) is a rigid thermoplastic polymer and can be semicrystalline or amorphous. The backbone of PLA is L(_)-lactic acid (2-hydroxy propionic acid) which is a natural and most common form of the acid. D(_)-lactic acid can also be produced by microorganisms or through racemization. (http://www.jimluntllc.com/pdfs/polylactic_acid_technology.pdf)

Concept Table

English Keywords										French keywords	German Keywords
Concept 1	Concept 2	Concept 3	Concept 4	Concept 1	Concept 2	Concept 3	Concept 4	Concept 1	Concept 2	Concept 3	Concept 4
biodegradable	package	water vapor	barrier	biodégradables	forfait	la vapeur d’eau	barrière	biologisch abbaubar	Paket	Wasserdampf	Barrier
biodegradation	packaging	Water vapour	resistant	biodégradation	emballage	La vapeur d’eau	résistants	Biodegradation	Verpackung	Wasserdampf	resistent
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Search strategy

Patents

Thomson innovation

Time line: 1836 to September 21st, 2011
Databases: US Grant, GB App, US App, FR App, WO App, DE Util, EP Grant, DE Grant, EP App, DE App, JP Util, JP Grant, JP App, CN Util, CN App, KR Util , KR Grant, KR App, DWPI

S.No	Concept	Scope	Search string	No.of hits
	English keyword search
1	Biodegradable KW	CTAB	(biodegrad6 or bio-degrad6 or (bio adj2 (degrad6 or disintegrat5 or polymer1 or based or resorb5 or plastic1 or composite1 or nanocomposite1)) or compost5 or (environmentally adj2 friendly) or biodisintegrat5 or bioresorb5 or biopolymer1 or plant-based or ((natural or microbial) near3 polymer1) or (biologically adj2 degrad4)or biobased or agro-polymer1 or bioplastic1 or bionanocomposite1 or renewable or perishable or polylactic or polylactide or "PLA" or "PLLA" or "BOPLA" or (poly adj2 (lactic or lactide)) or ((polyhydroxy or (poly adj2 hydroxy)) adj2 (alkanoate or butyrate)) or Polyhydroxyalkanoate or Polyhydroxybutyrate or "PHA" or "PHB" or "PHBV" or (biodegradable adj2 polymer*2))	246507 hits
2	Biodegradable KW	Full text	(biodegrad6 or bio-degrad6 or (bio adj2 (degrad6 or disintegrat5 or polymer1 or based or resorb5 or plastic1 or composite1 or nanocomposite1)) or compost5 or degrad6 or (environmentally adj2 friendly) or biodisintegrat5 or bioresorb5 or biopolymer1 or plant-based or ((natural or microbial) near3 polymer1) or (biologically adj2 degrad4)or biobased or agro-polymer1 or bioplastic1 or bionanocomposite1 or renewable or perishable or polylactic or polylactide or "PLA" or "PLLA" or "BOPLA" or (poly adj2 (lactic or lactide)) or ((polyhydroxy or (poly adj2 hydroxy)) adj2 (alkanoate or butyrate)) or Polyhydroxyalkanoate or Polyhydroxybutyrate or "PHA" or "PHB" or "PHBV" or (biodegradable adj2 polymer2))	831903 hits
3	Packaging KW	CTAB	packag3 or film1 or sheet1 or bag1 or sachet1 or pouch2 or (flexible adj2 packag3) or laminate1 or receptacle1 or wrap1 or carton1 or container1 or bottle*1 or containment	7237213 hits
4	Biodegradable Packaging KW	CTAB	(biodegrad6 or bio-degrad6 or (bio adj2 (degrad6 or disintegrat5 or polymer1 or based or resorb5 or plastic1 or composite1 or nanocomposite1)) or compost5 or (environmentally adj2 friendly) or biodisintegrat5 or bioresorb5 or biopolymer1 or plant-based or ((natural or microbial) near3 polymer1) or (biologically adj2 degrad4)or biobased or agro-polymer1 or bioplastic1 or bionanocomposite1 or renewable or perishable or polylactic or polylactide or "PLA" or "PLLA" or "BOPLA" or (poly adj2 (lactic or lactide)) or ((polyhydroxy or (poly adj2 hydroxy)) adj2 (alkanoate or butyrate)) or Polyhydroxyalkanoate or Polyhydroxybutyrate or "PHA" or "PHB" or "PHBV" or (biodegradable adj1 polymer2)) near5 (packag3 or film1 or sheet1 or bag1 or pouch2 or (flexible adj2 packag3) or laminate1 or receptacle1 or wrap1 or carton1 or container1 or bottle*1 or containment)	13324 hits
5	Moisture resistance KW	Full text	((((water adj2 (vapor or vapour)) or moisture or liquid*1 or water) near5 (barrier or resistant or impervious or impermeable or repellant or transmission or tight))) or (water adj2 (resistant)) or "MVTR" or (waterproof or ((water ot moisture or liquid) adj2 proof)	898853 hits
6	Moisture resistant packaging	CTAB	(((((water adj2 (vapor or vapour)) or moisture or liquid1 or water) near5 (barrier or resistant or impervious or impermeable or repellant or transmission or tight))) or (water adj2 (resistant)) or "MVTR") near20 (packag3 or film1 or sheet1 or bag1 or sachet1 or pouch2 or (flexible adj2 packag3) or laminate1 or receptacle1 or wrap1 or carton1 or container1 or bottle1 or containment)	58525 hits
7	Biodegradable and moisture resistant packaging KW	KW combination query	4 AND 6	895 (415 Unique hits)
8	ECLA class for bio or photo degradable packaging	Any IPC or ECLA	B65D006546C	2363 hits
9	Biodegradable packaging US class	US class	220DIG30 or 383001	190 hits
10	IPC or US class for biodegradable packaging	Combined query	8 or 9	2532 hits
11	Liquid packaging IPC’s	Any IPC or ECLA	B65D008572 or B65D008578 or B65D008580 or B65D007706* or B65D43*	94310 hits
12	Liquid packaging IPC with biodegradable KW	Combined query	1 and 11	523 hits
13	Layered product IPC	Any IPC or ECLA	B32B000502 or B32B000702 or B32B001508 or B32B001509 orB32B002704 or B32B002708 or B32B002710 or B32B002712 or B32B002718 or B32B002736 or B32B003706 or B32B003724 or B29C004700 or B29C004908 or B29C005502*	393872 hits
14	Stock material or misc. article US class	US class	428326 or 428058 or 428457 or 428483 or 428614 or 428334 or 428335 or 428336 or 428461 or 4280342 or 4280357 or 4284752 or 428480 or 428482 or 428216 or 428483 or 428323 or 428328 or 428349 or 428459	34342 hits
15	IPC or US class	Combined query	13 or 14	418018 hits
16	Biodegdradable macromolecular compd IPC	Any IPC or ECLA	C08L010116	21424 hits
17	Compositions of macromolecular compounds	Any IPC or ECLA	C08L000300 or C08L000302 or C08L000502 or C08L006702* or C08L006704 or C08L009900 or C08L007712	97796 hits
18	Compositions of macromolecular compounds	US class	527207 or 527311 or 527313 or 527314	483 hits
19	Pulp compositions IPC	Any IPC or ECLA	D21H002736 or D21H002730 or D21H002330	10137 hits
20	US class for degradation	US class	523124 or 525938	338 hits
21	Processes for applying liquids to surfaces IPC	Any IPC or ECLA	B05D000300 or B05D000302 or B05D000500	68318 hits
22	Shaping and process related US class	US class	264129 or 264401 or 521091 or 524445 or 229045 or 2290581 or 22912523 or 22912524 or 493108 or 493110 or 493153 or 220713 or 229404 or 156060 or 15624411 or 427250 or 4273935	14145 hits
23	Any IPC or ECLA	Combined query	15 or 17 or 18 or 19 or 20 or 21 or 22	586603 hits
24	IPC or US Class and Biodeg pkg and moisture resistant KW	Combined query	23 and 4 and 5	1048 (492 Unique hits)
25	Biodeg compd IPC and packaging and moisture resistant KW	Combined query	16 and 3 and 5	800 (445 Unique hits)
26	Biodeg pkg Class and moisture resistant KW	Combined query	10 and 5	479 (184 Unique hits)
27	Applications of disintegrable, dissolvable or edible materials	Any IPC or ECLA	B65D006546	9327 hits
28	Disintegrable IPC and Biodegradable and moisture resistance KW	Combined query	2 and 5 and 26	716 (325 Unique hits)
29	Final combined query in English		12 or 24 or 25 or 26 or 28	2564 (1311 Unique hits)
German keyword search
1	Biodegradable KW	CTAB	((biologisch ADJ2 abbaubar) or biodégradation or (biologischen ADJ2 Abbau) or (biologisch ADJ2 abbaubar) or (biologisch ADJ2 abgebaut) or (biologisch ADJ2 abbaubar) or bio-Abbau or bio-abbauenden or bio-Abbau or bio-degradierten or abbaubar or degradierung or erniedrigend or degradieren or abgebaut or biodisintegrate or biodisintegrating or biodisintegration or biodisintegratable or biodisintegrated or resorbieren or Resorption or resorbierbaren or resorbabed or resorbierenden or (bio ADJ2 Polymer) or (bio ADJ2 Polymere) or (bio ADJ2 basis) or (bio ADJ2 Kunststoff) or (bio ADJ2 Composite) or (bio ADJ2 Nanokomposit) or Kompost or umweltfreundlich or Bioresorb or bioresorbtion or bioresorbierbare or bioresorbabed or bioresorbierbare or (auf pflanzlicher ADJ2 basis) or (natürliches ADJ2 Polymer) or (natürliche ADJ2 Polymere) or (biologisch ADJ2 abbaubar) or (biologisch ADJ2 Abbau) or (biologisch ADJ2 abbauenden) or (biologisch ADJ2 abbauen) or (biologisch ADJ2 abgebaut) or Nachwachsende or Agrar-und Polymer or Biokunststoff or bionanocomposite or erneuerbaren or verderblich or (bio ADJ2 abbaubar) or (bio ADJ2 Abbau) or (bio ADJ2 erniedrigender) or (bio ADJ2 abbauen) or (bio ADJ2 abgebaut) or (bio ADJ2 zerfallen) or (bio ADJ2 zerfallenden) or (bio ADJ2 Zerfall) or (bio ADJ2 zerfallsfähig) or (bio ADJ2 aufgelöst) or (bio ADJ2 resorbieren) or (bio ADJ2 Resorption) or (bio ADJ2 resorbierbaren) or (bio ADJ2 resorbabed) or (bio ADJ2 resorbierenden) or Biopolymere or Biopolymer or mikrobiellen Polymeren or mikrobiellen Polymer or Polymilchsäure or Polylactid or" PLA" or "PLLA" or "BOPLA" or Polyhydroxy or (Poly ADJ2 hydroxy) or (Poly ADJ2 Milchsäure) or (Poly ADJ2 Lactid) or Polyhydroxyalkanoate or Polyhydroxybutyrat or (Polyhydroxy ADJ2 Alkanoat) or (Poly ADJ2 Hydroxy ADJ2 Alkanoat) or (Polyhydroxy ADJ2 Butyrat) or (Poly ADJ2 Hydroxy ADJ2 Butyrat) or "PHA" or" PHB" or "PHBV" or (biologisch abbaubaren ADJ2 Polymer) or (biologisch abbaubare ADJ2 Polymere))	46888 hits
2	Biodegradable KW	Full text	((biologisch ADJ2 abbaubar) or biodégradation or (biologischen ADJ2 Abbau) or (biologisch ADJ2 abbaubar) or (biologisch ADJ2 abgebaut) or (biologisch ADJ2 abbaubar) or bio-Abbau or bio-abbauenden or bio-Abbau or bio-degradierten or abbaubar or degradierung or erniedrigend or degradieren or abgebaut or biodisintegrate or biodisintegrating or biodisintegration or biodisintegratable or biodisintegrated or resorbieren or Resorption or resorbierbaren or resorbabed or resorbierenden or (bio ADJ2 Polymer) or (bio ADJ2 Polymere) or (bio ADJ2 basis) or (bio ADJ2 Kunststoff) or (bio ADJ2 Composite) or (bio ADJ2 Nanokomposit) or Kompost or umweltfreundlich or Bioresorb or bioresorbtion or bioresorbierbare or bioresorbabed or bioresorbierbare or (auf pflanzlicher ADJ2 basis) or (natürliches ADJ2 Polymer) or (natürliche ADJ2 Polymere) or (biologisch ADJ2 abbaubar) or (biologisch ADJ2 Abbau) or (biologisch ADJ2 abbauenden) or (biologisch ADJ2 abbauen) or (biologisch ADJ2 abgebaut) or Nachwachsende or Agrar-und Polymer or Biokunststoff or bionanocomposite or erneuerbaren or verderblich or (bio ADJ2 abbaubar) or (bio ADJ2 Abbau) or (bio ADJ2 erniedrigender) or (bio ADJ2 abbauen) or (bio ADJ2 abgebaut) or (bio ADJ2 zerfallen) or (bio ADJ2 zerfallenden) or (bio ADJ2 Zerfall) or (bio ADJ2 zerfallsfähig) or (bio ADJ2 aufgelöst) or (bio ADJ2 resorbieren) or (bio ADJ2 Resorption) or (bio ADJ2 resorbierbaren) or (bio ADJ2 resorbabed) or (bio ADJ2 resorbierenden) or Biopolymere or Biopolymer or mikrobiellen Polymeren or mikrobiellen Polymer or Polymilchsäure or Polylactid or" PLA" or "PLLA" or "BOPLA" or Polyhydroxy or (Poly ADJ2 hydroxy) or (Poly ADJ2 Milchsäure) or (Poly ADJ2 Lactid) or Polyhydroxyalkanoate or Polyhydroxybutyrat or (Polyhydroxy ADJ2 Alkanoat) or (Poly ADJ2 Hydroxy ADJ2 Alkanoat) or (Polyhydroxy ADJ2 Butyrat) or (Poly ADJ2 Hydroxy ADJ2 Butyrat) or "PHA" or" PHB" or "PHBV" or (biologisch abbaubaren ADJ2 Polymer) or (biologisch abbaubare ADJ2 Polymere))	189035 hits
3	Packaging KW	CTAB	(Paket or Verpackung or Pakete or Film or Filme or Blatt or Blatter or Tasche or Taschen or Beutel or Sachets or Beutel or Beutel or (flexible ADJ2 Paket) or (flexible ADJ2 Verpackungen) or (flexible ADJ2 Pakete) or Laminate or Schichtstoff or Behalter or Behalter or wickeln or Wraps or Karton or Kartons or Container or Container or Containment)	704302 hits
4	Biodegradable Packaging KW	CTAB	((biologisch ADJ2 abbaubar) or biodégradation or (biologischen ADJ2 Abbau) or (biologisch ADJ2 abbaubar) or (biologisch ADJ2 abgebaut) or (biologisch ADJ2 abbaubar) or bio-Abbau or bio-abbauenden or bio-Abbau or bio-degradierten or abbaubar or degradierung or erniedrigend or degradieren or abgebaut or biodisintegrate or biodisintegrating or biodisintegration or biodisintegratable or biodisintegrated or resorbieren or Resorption or resorbierbaren or resorbabed or resorbierenden or (bio ADJ2 Polymer) or (bio ADJ2 Polymere) or (bio ADJ2 basis) or (bio ADJ2 Kunststoff) or (bio ADJ2 Composite) or (bio ADJ2 Nanokomposit) or Kompost or umweltfreundlich or Bioresorb or bioresorbtion or bioresorbierbare or bioresorbabed or bioresorbierbare or (auf pflanzlicher ADJ2 basis) or (natürliches ADJ2 Polymer) or (natürliche ADJ2 Polymere) or (biologisch ADJ2 abbaubar) or (biologisch ADJ2 Abbau) or (biologisch ADJ2 abbauenden) or (biologisch ADJ2 abbauen) or (biologisch ADJ2 abgebaut) or Nachwachsende or Agrar-und Polymer or Biokunststoff or bionanocomposite or erneuerbaren or verderblich or (bio ADJ2 abbaubar) or (bio ADJ2 Abbau) or (bio ADJ2 erniedrigender) or (bio ADJ2 abbauen) or (bio ADJ2 abgebaut) or (bio ADJ2 zerfallen) or (bio ADJ2 zerfallenden) or (bio ADJ2 Zerfall) or (bio ADJ2 zerfallsfähig) or (bio ADJ2 aufgelöst) or (bio ADJ2 resorbieren) or (bio ADJ2 Resorption) or (bio ADJ2 resorbierbaren) or (bio ADJ2 resorbabed) or (bio ADJ2 resorbierenden) or Biopolymere or Biopolymer or mikrobiellen Polymeren or mikrobiellen Polymer or Polymilchsäure or Polylactid or" PLA" or "PLLA" or "BOPLA" or Polyhydroxy or (Poly ADJ2 hydroxy) or (Poly ADJ2 Milchsäure) or (Poly ADJ2 Lactid) or Polyhydroxyalkanoate or Polyhydroxybutyrat or (Polyhydroxy ADJ2 Alkanoat) or (Poly ADJ2 Hydroxy ADJ2 Alkanoat) or (Polyhydroxy ADJ2 Butyrat) or (Poly ADJ2 Hydroxy ADJ2 Butyrat) or "PHA" or" PHB" or "PHBV" or (biologisch abbaubaren ADJ2 Polymer) or (biologisch abbaubare ADJ2 Polymere)) near5 (Paket or Verpackung or Pakete or Film or Filme or Blatt or Blätter or Tasche or Taschen or Beutel or Sachets or Beutel or Beutel or (flexible ADJ2 Paket) or (flexible ADJ2 Verpackungen) or (flexible ADJ2 Pakete) or Laminate or Schichtstoff or Behälter or Behälter or wickeln or Wraps or Karton or Kartons or Container or Container or Containment)	317 hits
5	Moisture resistance KW	Full text	(Wasserdampf or Feuchtigkeit or Flüssigkeit or Wasser) near5 (Barriere or resistent or undurchlässig or repellant or wasserdicht or undurchlässig or Übertragung or eng or" MVTR")	1862 hits
6	Moisture resistant packaging	CTAB	(Wasserdampf or Feuchtigkeit or Flüssigkeit or Wasser) near5 (Barriere or resistent or undurchlässig or repellant or wasserdicht or undurchlässig or Übertragung or eng or" MVTR") near20 (Paket or Verpackung or Pakete or Film or Filme or Blatt or Blätter or Tasche or Taschen or Beutel or Sachets or Beutel or Beutel or (flexible ADJ2 Paket) or (flexible ADJ2 Verpackungen) or (flexible ADJ2 Pakete) or Laminate or Schichtstoff or Behälter or Behälter or wickeln or Wraps or Karton or Kartons or Container or Container or Containment)	2 hits
7	ECLA class for bio or photo degradable packaging	Any IPC or ECLA	B65D006546C	733 hits
8	Liquid packaging IPC’s	Any IPC or ECLA	B65D008572 or B65D008578 or B65D008580 or B65D007706* or B65D43*	13017 hits
9	Liquid packaging IPC with biodegradable KW	Combined query	1 and 8	211 hits
10	Layered product IPC	Any IPC or ECLA	B32B000502 or B32B000702 or B32B001508 or B32B001509 orB32B002704 or B32B002708 or B32B002710 or B32B002712 or B32B002718 or B32B002736 or B32B003706 or B32B003724 or B29C004700 or B29C004908 or B29C005502*	66562 hits
11	Biodegdradable macromolecular compd IPC	Any IPC or ECLA	C08L010116	3117 hits
12	Compositions of macromolecular compounds	Any IPC or ECLA	C08L000300 or C08L000302 or C08L000502 or C08L006702* or C08L006704 or C08L009900 or C08L007712	21768 hits
13	Pulp compositions IPC	Any IPC or ECLA	D21H002736 or D21H002730 or D21H002330	1711 hits
14	Processes for applying liquids to surfaces IPC	Any IPC or ECLA	B05D000300 or B05D000302 or B05D000500	11048 hits
15	Any IPC or ECLA	Combined query	10 or 12 or 13 or 14	97385 hits
16	IPC or US Class and Biodeg pkg and moisture resistant KW	Combined query	15 and 4	69 hits
17	Biodeg compd IPC and packaging and moisture resistant KW	Combined query	11 and 3 and 5	5 hits
18	Biodeg pkg Class and moisture resistant KW	Combined query	8 and 5	13 hits
19	Applications of disintegrable, dissolvable or edible materials	Any IPC or ECLA	B65D006546	2357 hits
20	Disintegrable IPC and Biodegradable and moisture resistance KW	Combined query	2 and 5 and 19	10 hits
21	Final combined german query		9 or 16 or 17 or 18 or 20	305 (191 Unique hits)
French keyword search
1	Biodegradable KW	CTAB	(biodegradables or biodegradation or biodegrader or biodegrades or bio-degradables or bio-degradation or bio-degrader or bio-degrader or bio-degrades or degradables or degradation or degradants or degrader or degradees or biodisintegrate or biodisintegrating or biodisintegration or biodisintegratable or biodisintegrated or resorbent or resorption or resorbable or resorbabed or resorbant or (bio ADJ2 polymeres) or (bio ADJ2 polymeres) or (bio ADJ2 base) or (bio ADJ2 plastique) or (bio ADJ2 composites) or (bio ADJ2 nanocomposites) or compost or ecologique or bioresorb or bioresorbtion or bioresorbables or bioresorbabed or bioresorbing or (base adj1 de adj1 plantes) or (polymere near3 naturel ) or (polymeres near3 naturels) or (biologiquement adj1 degradable) or (biologiquement adj2 degradation) or (biologiquement adj2 degradants) or decomposent or biologiquement or (biologiquement adj2 degrades) or Biobased or agro-polymere or bioplastique or bionanocomposite or renouvelables or perissables or (bio ADJ2 degradable) or (bio ADJ2 degradation) or (bio ADJ2 degradants) or (bio ADJ2 degradent) or (Bio ADJ2 degrade) or (bio ADJ2 desintegrent) or (bio ADJ2 desintegration) or (bio ADJ2 disintegration) or (bio ADJ2 disintegratable) or (bio ADJ2 desintegre) or (bio ADJ2 resorber) or (bio ADJ2 resorption) or (bio ADJ2 resorbables) or (bio ADJ2 resorbabed) or (bio ADJ2 resorbant) or biopolymeres or biopolymere or (polymeres near3 microbiens) or (microbienne near3 polymeres) or polylactique or polylactide or "PLA" or "PLLA" or "BOPLA" or polyhydroxyles or (poly ADJ2 hydroxy) or (poly ADJ2 lactique) or (poly ADJ2 lactide) or polyhydroxyalcanoate or polyhydroxybutyrate or (Polyhydroxy ADJ2 alcanoate) or (Poly ADJ2 hydroxy ADJ2 alcanoate) or (Polyhydroxy ADJ2 butyrate) or (Poly ADJ2 hydroxy ADJ2 butyrate) or "PHA" or "PHB" or "PHBV" or (biodegradables ADJ2 polymere) or (biodegradables ADJ2 polymeres))	102749 hits
2	Biodegradable KW	Full text	(biodégradables or biodégradation or biodégrader or biodégradés or bio-dégradables or bio-dégradation or bio-dégrader or bio-dégrader les or bio-dégradés or dégradables or la dégradation or dégradants or dégrader or dégradées or biodisintegrate or biodisintegrating or biodisintegration or biodisintegratable or biodisintegrated or résorbent or résorption or résorbable or resorbabed or résorbant or (bio ADJ2 polymères) or (bio ADJ2 polymères) or (bio ADJ2 base) or (bio ADJ2 en plastique) or (bio ADJ2 composites) or (bio ADJ2 nanocomposites) or compost or écologique or bioresorb or bioresorbtion or biorésorbables or bioresorbabed or bioresorbing or à base de plantes or( polymère near3 naturel )or (polymères near3 naturels) or biologiquement dégradable or biologiquement la dégradation or biologiquement dégradants or décomposent biologiquement or biologiquement dégradés or Biobased or agro-polymère or bioplastique or bionanocomposite or renouvelables or périssables or (bio ADJ2 dégradable) or (bio ADJ2 la degradation) or (bio ADJ2 dégradants) or (bio ADJ2 dégradent) or (Bio ADJ2 dégradé) or (bio ADJ2 désintègrent) or (bio ADJ2 désintégration) or (bio ADJ2 la disintegration) or (bio ADJ2 disintegratable) or (bio ADJ2 désintégré) or (bio ADJ2 résorber) or (bio ADJ2 résorption) or (bio ADJ2 résorbables) or (bio ADJ2 resorbabed) or (bio ADJ2 résorbant) or biopolymères or biopolymère or (polymères near3 microbiens) or (microbienne de near3 polymères) or polylactique or polylactide or "PLA" or "PLLA" or "BOPLA" or polyhydroxylés or (poly ADJ2 hydroxy) or (poly ADJ2 lactique) or (poly ADJ2 lactide) or polyhydroxyalcanoate or polyhydroxybutyrate or (Polyhydroxy ADJ2 alcanoate) or (Poly ADJ2 hydroxy ADJ2 alcanoate) or (Polyhydroxy ADJ2 butyrate) or (Poly ADJ2 hydroxy ADJ2 butyrate) or "PHA" or "PHB" or "PHBV" or (biodégradables ADJ2 polymère) or (biodégradables ADJ2 polymères)	569951 hits
3	Packaging KW	CTAB	forfait or emballage or paquets or cinéma or films or fiche or feuilles or sac or des sacs or sachet or sachets or poche or (flexibles ADJ2 forfait) or (flexibles ADJ2 emballage) or (flexibles ADJ2 paquets) or stratifiés or stratifié or réceptacle or réceptacles or emballer or enveloppements or carton or cartons or conteneurs or conteneurs or confinement	443510 hits
4	Biodegradable Packaging KW	CTAB	(biodegradables or biodegradation or biodegrader or biodegrades or bio-degradables or bio-degradation or bio-degrader or bio-degrader or bio-degrades or degradables or degradation or degradants or degrader or degradees or biodisintegrate or biodisintegrating or biodisintegration or biodisintegratable or biodisintegrated or resorbent or resorption or resorbable or resorbabed or resorbant or (bio ADJ2 polymeres) or (bio ADJ2 polymeres) or (bio ADJ2 base) or (bio ADJ2 plastique) or (bio ADJ2 composites) or (bio ADJ2 nanocomposites) or compost or ecologique or bioresorb or bioresorbtion or bioresorbables or bioresorbabed or bioresorbing or (base adj1 de adj1 plantes) or (polymere near3 naturel ) or (polymeres near3 naturels) or (biologiquement adj1 degradable) or (biologiquement adj2 degradation) or (biologiquement adj2 degradants) or decomposent or biologiquement or (biologiquement adj2 degrades) or Biobased or agro-polymere or bioplastique or bionanocomposite or renouvelables or perissables or (bio ADJ2 degradable) or (bio ADJ2 degradation) or (bio ADJ2 degradants) or (bio ADJ2 degradent) or (Bio ADJ2 degrade) or (bio ADJ2 desintegrent) or (bio ADJ2 desintegration) or (bio ADJ2 disintegration) or (bio ADJ2 disintegratable) or (bio ADJ2 desintegre) or (bio ADJ2 resorber) or (bio ADJ2 resorption) or (bio ADJ2 resorbables) or (bio ADJ2 resorbabed) or (bio ADJ2 resorbant) or biopolymeres or biopolymere or (polymeres near3 microbiens) or (microbienne near3 polymeres) or polylactique or polylactide or "PLA" or "PLLA" or "BOPLA" or polyhydroxyles or (poly ADJ2 hydroxy) or (poly ADJ2 lactique) or (poly ADJ2 lactide) or polyhydroxyalcanoate or polyhydroxybutyrate or (Polyhydroxy ADJ2 alcanoate) or (Poly ADJ2 hydroxy ADJ2 alcanoate) or (Polyhydroxy ADJ2 butyrate) or (Poly ADJ2 hydroxy ADJ2 butyrate) or "PHA" or "PHB" or "PHBV" or (biodegradables ADJ2 polymere) or (biodegradables ADJ2 polymeres)) near5 (forfait or emballage or paquets or cinema or films or fiche or feuilles or sac or des ADJ sacs or sachet or sachets or poche or (flexibles ADJ2 forfait) or (flexibles ADJ2 emballage) or (flexibles ADJ2 paquets) or stratifies or stratifie or receptacle or receptacles or emballer or enveloppements or carton or cartons or conteneurs or conteneurs or confinement)	779 hits
5	Moisture resistance KW	Full text	(((la vapeur ADJ2 d’eau) or (La vapeur ADJ2 d’eau) or humidite or liquides or de l’eau) near5 (barrière or resistants or impermeable or repulsif or etanche or (la ADJ2 transmission) or serres or "MVTR" )) near5 (forfait or emballage or paquets or cinema or films or fiche or feuilles or sac or des ADJ sacs or sachet or sachets or poche or (flexibles ADJ2 forfait) or (flexibles ADJ2 emballage) or (flexibles ADJ2 paquets) or stratifies or stratifie or receptacle or receptacles or emballer or enveloppements or carton or cartons or conteneurs or conteneurs or confinement)	12965 hits
6	Moisture resistant packaging	CTAB	(((la vapeur ADJ2 d’eau) or (La vapeur ADJ2 d’eau) or humidite or liquides or de l’eau) near5 (barrière or resistants or impermeable or repulsif or etanche or (la ADJ2 transmission) or serres or "MVTR" )) near5 (forfait or emballage or paquets or cinema or films or fiche or feuilles or sac or des ADJ sacs or sachet or sachets or poche or (flexibles ADJ2 forfait) or (flexibles ADJ2 emballage) or (flexibles ADJ2 paquets) or stratifies or stratifie or receptacle or receptacles or emballer or enveloppements or carton or cartons or conteneurs or conteneurs or confinement)	362 hits
7	Biodegradable and moisture resistant packaging KW	KW combination query	4 AND 6	2 hits
8	ECLA class for bio or photo degradable packaging	Any IPC or ECLA	B65D006546C	617 hits
9	Liquid packaging IPC’s	Any IPC or ECLA	B65D008572 or B65D008578 or B65D008580 or B65D007706* or B65D43*	12244 hits
10	Liquid packaging IPC with biodegradable KW	Combined query	1 and 9	151 hits
11	Layered product IPC	Any IPC or ECLA	B32B000502 or B32B000702 or B32B001508 or B32B001509 orB32B002704 or B32B002708 or B32B002710 or B32B002712 or B32B002718 or B32B002736 or B32B003706 or B32B003724 or B29C004700 or B29C004908 or B29C005502*	52916 hits
12	Biodegdradable macromolecular compd IPC	Any IPC or ECLA	C08L010116	2618 hits
13	Compositions of macromolecular compounds	Any IPC or ECLA	C08L000300 or C08L000302 or C08L000502 or C08L006702* or C08L006704 or C08L009900 or C08L007712	17464 hits
14	Pulp compositions IPC	Any IPC or ECLA	D21H002736 or D21H002730 or D21H002330	1428 hits
15	Processes for applying liquids to surfaces IPC	Any IPC or ECLA	B05D000300 or B05D000302 or B05D000500	8309 hits
16	Any IPC or ECLA	Combined query	11 or 13 or 14 or 15	77169 hits
17	IPC or US Class and Biodeg pkg and moisture resistant KW	Combined query	16 and 4 and 5	12 hits
18	Biodeg compd IPC and packaging and moisture resistant KW	Combined query	12 and 3 and 5	17 hits
19	Biodeg pkg Class and moisture resistant KW	Combined query	8 and 5	16 hits
20	Applications of disintegrable, dissolvable or edible materials	Any IPC or ECLA	B65D006546	1811 hits
21	Disintegrable IPC and Biodegradable and moisture resistance KW	Combined query	2 and 5 and 20	19 hits
22	Final combined french query		10 or 17 or 18 or 19 or 21	188 (123 Unique hits)
Japanese F Term search
1	Biodegradable materials	JP F-terms	4J200BA* or 4J200EA11	10292 hits
2	Packaging KW	CTAB	packag3 or film1 or sheet1 or bag1 or sachet1 or pouch2 or (flexible adj2 packag3) or laminate1 or receptacle1 or wrap1 or carton1 or container1 or bottle*1 or containment	2145846 hits
3	Moisture resistance KW	Full text	((((water adj2 (vapor or vapour)) or moisture or liquid*1 or water) near5 (barrier or resistant or impervious or impermeable or repellant or transmission or tight))) or (water adj2 (resistant)) or "MVTR" or (waterproof or ((water ot moisture or liquid) adj2 proof)	170855 hits
4	Moisture resistant pkg KW with Biodegradability Fterms	Combined query	1 and 2 and 3	375 hits
5	Liquid packaging	JP F-terms	3E035AA03 or 3E035BB06	1053 hits
6	Biodegradability KW	CTAB	(biodegrad6 or bio-degrad6 or (bio adj2 (degrad6 or disintegrat5 or polymer1 or based or resorb5 or plastic1 or composite1 or nanocomposite1)) or compost5 or (environmentally adj2 friendly) or biodisintegrat5 or bioresorb5 or biopolymer1 or plant-based or ((natural or microbial) near3 polymer1) or (biologically adj2 degrad4)or biobased or agro-polymer1 or bioplastic1 or bionanocomposite1 or renewable or perishable or polylactic or polylactide or "PLA" or "PLLA" or "BOPLA" or (poly adj2 (lactic or lactide)) or ((polyhydroxy or (poly adj2 hydroxy)) adj2 (alkanoate or butyrate)) or Polyhydroxyalkanoate or Polyhydroxybutyrate or "PHA" or "PHB" or "PHBV" or (biodegradable adj2 polymer*2))	25128 hits
7	Biodegradability KW with liquid packaging Fterms	Combined query	4 and 5	14 hits
8	Moisture resistant packaging	JP F-terms	3E033CA09 or 3E060DA21 or 3E061AD03 or 3E062JD02 or 3E064BC04 or 3E065CA02 or 3E067CA07	5738 hits
9	Biodegradability KW and Moisture resistant packaging F terms	Combined query	5 and 7	114 hits
10	Final combined Japanese query		4 or 6 or 8	481 (404 Unique hits)
1	Final combination of all languages search query			2933(1552 Unique hits)

Relevant Class Codes and Definitons

IPC/ECLA

Class Codes	Definitions
B65D	Containers for storage or transport of articles or materials
3/22	Rigid or semi-rigid containers having bodies or peripheral walls of curved or partially-curved cross-section made by winding or bending paper without folding along defined lines Containers with double walls
85/72	Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials For edible or potable liquids, semiliquids or potable or plastic materials
85/78	For ice cream
85/80	For milk
B65D43*	Lids or covers for rigid or semi-rigid containers
65/42	Wrappers or flexible covers; Packaging materials of special type or form Application of coated or impregnated materials
65/46	Applications of disintegrable, dissolvable or edible materials
65/46C	Bio or photo degradable packaging materials
77/06	Packages formed by enclosing articles or materials in preformed containers Liquids or semi-liquids in flexible containers disposed within rigid containers
B32B	Layered products
15/08	Layered products essentially comprising metal Layered products comprising metal - of synthetic resin
27/04	Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin As impregnant bonding or embedding substance
27/08	Of synthetic resin of a different kind
27/10	Of paper or cardboard
27/12	Next to a fibrous or filamentary layer
27/18	Characterized by the use of special additives
27/36	Comprising polyesters
37/06	Method or apparatus for laminating Characterized by the heating method
37/24	With one layer not coherent before laminating
B29C	Shaping or joining of plastics; shaping of substances in a plastic state, in general; after- treatment of the shaped product
47/00	Extrusion moulding
49/08	Blow-moulding Biaxial stretching during blow-moulding
55/02	Shaping by stretching, e.g. Drawing through a die; Apparatus therefor Shaping by stretching through a die or apparatus therefor - of plates or sheets
55/12	Biaxial
C08L	Compositions of macromolecular compounds
3/02	Compositions of starch, amylose or amylopectin or of their derivatives or degradation products Compositions of starch, amylose or amylopectin
5/02	Compositions of polysaccharides or of their derivatives Dextran; Derivatives thereof
67/02	Compositions of polyesters obtained by reactions forming a carboxylic ester link in the main chain Polyesters derived from dicarboxylic acids and dihydroxy compounds
67/04	Polyesters derived from hydroxycarboxylic acids, e.g. Lactones
99/00	Compositions of natural macromolecular compounds or of derivatives
77/12	Compositions of polyamides obtained by reactions forming a carboxylic amide link in the main chain Polyester-amides
101/16	Compositions of unspecified macromolecular compounds The macromolecular compounds being biodegradable
D21H	Pulp compositions
27/36	Special paper not otherwise provided for, e.g. Made by multi-step processes Films made from synthetic macromolecular compounds
27/30	Multi-ply
23/30	Processes or apparatus for adding material to the pulp or to the paper Pretreatment of the paper
B05D	Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces, in general
3/02	Pretreatment of surfaces to which liquids or other fluent materials are to be applied; After-treatment of applied coatings, e.g. Intermediate treating of an applied coating preparatory to subsequent applications of liquids or other fluent materials By baking
5/00	Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces to obtain special surface effects, finishes or structures

US Class

Class codes	Definitions
220	Receptacle
DIG30	biodegradable
383	Flexible bags
001	Biodegradable feature
428	Stock material or miscellaneous articles
326	cellulosic (wood, paper, cork, rayon etc)
58	Next to polyester, polyamide or polyimide
457	of metal
458	Next to polyester, polyamide or polyimide (e.g., alkyd, glue, or nylon, etc.)
483	Next to addition polymer from unsaturated monomers
614	Laterally noncoextensive component (embedded etc,)
334	Coating layer not in excess of 5 mils thick
335	Upto 3 mils
336	1 mil or less
461	Next to addition polymer from unsaturated monomers
475.2	Next to polyester
480	Of polyester (e.g., alkyd, etc.)
482	Of cross-linked polyester
34.2	Paper containing
35.7	Polymer or resin containing
427	Coating processes
250	metal coating
393.5	Resin, rubber or elastomer base
264	Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating processes
129	Extrudant contains added organic compound
401	Stereolithographic shaping from liquid precursor
521	Synthetic resins or natural rubbers
91	Synthetic resin including a silicon atom
124	Composition containing an additive which enhances degradation by environmental stimuli or process of preparing
445	clay
938	Polymer degradation
207	With carboxylic acid or derivative reactant
311	With di- or higher ester of polycarboxylic acid; or with polycarboxylic acid or derivative and a compound containing two or more hydroxyl groups or salts thereof as reactants
313	Ethylenically unsaturated reactant
314	Unsaturated carboxylic acid or derivative reactant
229	Envelopes, wrappers, and paperboard boxes
4.5	Cylindrical or conical body or wall structure
5.81	Box material includes a coating or a nonpaperboard lamination or is permeated with a substance
125.23	Nonunitary securing element on closure engages nonunitary securing element on box (i.e., securing elements are not of one-piece construction with the box)
125.24	Threaded
404	Paperboard boxes including closure
493	Manufacturing container or tube from paper; or other manufacturing from a sheet or web
108	Manufacturing of a circular cross-section container
110	Including laminating or coating container blank
153	Noncircular cross section
229	Envelopes, wrappers, and paperboard boxes
404	Paperboard boxes including closure
156	Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture
60	Surface bonding or assembly therefor
244.11	Adhesive bonding by extrusion
435	Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology

F Term

F- TERM	Description
4J200	Biological depolymerization polymers
4J200BA*	Biodegradable materialsa (all F terms under this is included)
4J200EA11	Biodegradability
3E035	Packaging for living organisms, food, or medicinal products that are sensitive to environmental conditions
3E035AA03	Liquids
3E035BB06	Containers with liquid-holding units at the bottom of the container
3E033CA09	Water resistance or oil resistance
3E060DA21	Affording or improving waterproof or moisture proof characteristics
3E061AD03	Waterproof and oilproof properties
3E062JD02	Water resistance or moisture resistance
3E064BC04	Water resistance
3E065CA02	Water and oil resistance
3E067CA07	Waterproof

Relevant Patents

S. No.	Patent / Publication No.	Title	Assignee	Publication year	Dolcera summary
1	US7951438	BIAXIALLY ORIENTED POLYLACTIC ACID FILM WITH HIGH BARRIER	TORAY PLASTICS AMERICA INC	2011	A metallized laminate of polylactic acid with a moisture barrier property of at least 1.0 g/m²/day or better at 38^oC. and 90% RH
2	US20110076511	MULTI-LAYER HIGH MOISTURE BARRIER POLYLACTIC ACID FILM	TORAY PLASTICS AMERICA INC	2011	A multi-layer biaxially oriented polylactic acid film with a coating layer of aluminum for improvement in barrier properties.
3	US20100252617	BIODEGRADABLE CONTAINER FOR LIQUID AND/OR SEMI-SOLID PRODUCTS	UMAGINATION LABS	2010	A liquid proof biodegradable container with lid and liner comprising of paper pulp and polylactic acid
4	US20100076099	BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERIC NANOCOMPOSITE COMPOSITIONS PARTICULARLY FOR PACKAGING	UNIV MICHIGAN STATE	2010	Beverage container made of a Polymer blend of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB)
5	US20100247886	BIAXIALLY ORIENTED METALLIZED POLYLACTIC ACID FILM WITH HIGH METAL ADHESION AND HIGH BARRIER PROPERTIES	TORAY PLASTICS AMERICA INC	2010	Metallized films made of amorphous and crystalline PLA with a MVTR of 1.0 g/m2/day or less

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Biodegradable materials and combination used in water resistance packaging

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Assignee analysis and IP activity

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Patent to Product Mapping

S.No.	Publication No.	Title	Assignee	Product	Image
1	WO2011119222	Container with an integral lid	EARTHKARE PACKAGING INNOVATIONS COMPANY	Beverage Container	File:Patpro2.png 100px
2	WO2009055067	Beverage container lid having liquid cooling effect	COOLLID CORPORATION	Cup Lid	File:Patpro3.png 100px
3	US20100258574	Cellulose based recyclable container	RECYCOOL, INC.	cooler	File:Patpro4.png 100px
4	US7854994	Barrier film	PLANTIC TECHNOLOGY	Sheet	File:Patpro5.png 100px