US Patent Issued to ARBOLOOM IP on Dec. 30 for "Tubular implement and method for manufacturing a tubular implement" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,819, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to ARBOLOOM IP AG (Biel, Switzerland).

"Tubular implement and method for manufacturing a tubular implement" was invented by Laurent Torriani (Lamboing, Switzerland), Carole Chapelat (Biel, Switzerland) and Bertrand Jaccoud (Siviriez, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tubular implement, such as a container, in particular a container (pipe for transport) for food or beverages such as a drinking straw, includes a first part having a sheet of wood veneer rolled to form the tubular implement in the form of a cylinder."

The patent was filed on May 25, 2021, under Application No. 17/925,912....