US Patent Issued to FIBERLEAN TECHNOLOGIES on Aug. 12 for "Microfibrillated cellulose containing pulp sheets with improved mechanical properties" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,185, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to FIBERLEAN TECHNOLOGIES Ltd. (Great Britain).

"Microfibrillated cellulose containing pulp sheets with improved mechanical properties" was invented by Thomas Reeve-Larson (Par, Great Britain), Mark Windebank (Par, Great Britain), Daniel Ingle (Par, Great Britain), Mark Paradis (Par, Great Britain) and David R. Skuse (Par, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a partially-dried sheet comprising, consisting essentially of, or consisting of, microfibrillated cellulose suitable for use as a binder, or a dried sheet comprising, consisting essentially of, or consisting ...