US Patent Issued to DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES on Sept. 30 for "Process for producing a crosslinked cellulose ether" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,498, issued on Sept. 30, 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) and Sonja Menz (Wedemark, 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: (a) contacting at least one cellulose material with at least one alkalization reagent to form an activated cellulose material; (b) contacting the activated cellulose material of step (a) with at least one etherification reagent to form an uncrosslinked cellulose ether; (c...