US Patent Issued to BIRLA CARBON U.S.A., GRANBIO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY HOLDINGS on Aug. 5 for "Methods for improving nanocellulose dispersion in elastomeric compounds, and compositions containing dispersed nanocellulose in elastomer compounds" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,390, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to BIRLA CARBON U.S.A. INC. (Marietta, Ga.) and GRANBIO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY HOLDINGS LLC (Thomaston, Ga.).

"Methods for improving nanocellulose dispersion in elastomeric compounds, and compositions containing dispersed nanocellulose in elastomer compounds" was invented by Charles R. Herd (Woodstock, Ga.), Zachary A. Combs (Smyrna, Ga.), Lewis B. Tunnicliffe (Woodstock, Ga.), Kimberly Nelson (Atlanta) and Shaobo Pan (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Nanocellulose dispersion compositions containing a partitioning agent and a nanocellulose, and methods of making the nanocellulose dispersion com...