Plastics Recycling Update Magazine: Patent watch

## Patent watch


Three inventors -- Donald Thomson, Randall Smith and Jerald Olp -- have received Patent No. 8,245,475 which describes a **construction method that utilizes post-consumer plastic**. The system recycles plastic into tiles, which can be interlocked to form a sheet or rigid structure.

Patent Application No. 20120220675 has been filed by Agilyx Corp., describing a **method of depolymerizing plastic waste and converting it into purified crude oil**.

For more information on these or any patents, please consult the U.S. Patent Office database [online](http://patft.uspto.gov/).

_Copies of patents can be ordered by number for $3 each from the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA, 22313-1450._

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