PanAridus announces eight new patents on Earth Day

摘要

Casa Grande, Arizona -PanAridus announced on Earth Day (22 April) that the US Department of Agriculture Plant Variety Protection Office granted the company eight new Plant Variety Patents (PVPs), certifying the company has invented and reproduced eight new strains of the guayule shrub. Guayule, a native Sonoran Desert plant, has been viewed as a promising natural rubber alternative to the Hevea (rubber) tree because it yields almost identical polymers, which can be utilised for tires, tubes, medical devices and gloves among other products.