Patent 8013031 was granted and assigned to NatureWorks on September, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
This invention provides a process for extruding a PLA resin using high levels of CO2. Excellent quality, low density foam is produced easily and reproducibly. The foams arc capable of being heat-annealed to induce significant crystallinity, even when an ordinarily amorphous PLA resin is used.