ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,017, issued on June 24.
"Method for manufacturing biodegradable pillow tea bags containing whole leaf tea" was invented by Vanessa Braxton (North Babylon, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biodegradable whole leaf pillow tea bag is provided, along with a system and method for manufacturing biodegradable whole leaf pillow tea bags. The method for manufacturing the whole leaf pillow tea bags includes the steps of providing a biodegradable infusion substrate having two opposing edge; creating a sleeve from the biodegradable infusion substrate by infusing the two opposing edges of the substrate together and closing the sleeve at its ...