ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,694, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Celwise AB (Norrkoping, Sweden).

"Tool or tool part, system including such a tool or tool part, method of producing such a tool or tool part and method of molding a product from a pulp slurry" was invented by John Andersson (Norrkoping, Sweden), Udo Vogt (Baden-Baden, Germany) and David A. Pierce (Norrkoping, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present document discloses a tool or tool part for use in a process of molding a product from a pulp slurry. The tool or tool part comprises a self-supporting tool wall portion having a product face, for contacting the product, and a back face on t...