US Patent Issued to AMPACET on Sept. 23 for "Synthetic paper with improved tear properties and methods of manufacturing" (Indiana, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,535, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to AMPACET Corp. (Tarrytown, N.Y.).

"Synthetic paper with improved tear properties and methods of manufacturing" was invented by Mark Parsons (Terre Haute, Ind.), Danny Nevins (Terre Haute, Ind.) and Doug Brownfield (Mason, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Synthetic paper that includes at least one resin layer formed from a composition including a polymeric resin and a low aspect ratio filler, a tear additive, or both. The present invention also relates to methods for making the synthetic paper. The synthetic paper has the texture and appearance of tissue paper."

The patent was filed on Nov....