US Patent Issued to DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES on May 6 for "Process for producing a crosslinked cellulose ether" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,582, issued on May 6, was assigned to DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Midland, Mich.).

"Process for producing a crosslinked cellulose ether" was invented by Alexandra Hild (Soltau, Germany), Joerg Neubauer (Hamburg, Germany), Sonja Menz (Wedemark, Germany), Matthias Sprehe (Walsrode, Germany) and Michael Schreck (Walsrode, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for producing a crosslinked cellulose ether including the steps of (i) contacting at least one cellulose material with a mixture comprising (ia) at least one crosslinking agent and (ib) at least one alkalization reagent to form an activated cellulose material; and (ii) ...