ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,932, issued on April 29, was assigned to Gate Gourmet Switzerland GmbH (Glattbrugg, Switzerland).

"Method of producing a cellulose-based product" was invented by Ludovicus Adriaan Maria Fransen (Rijkevorsel, Belgium) and Gert William Raf Willems (Antwerp, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method of producing a cellulose-based product (103,700), wherein the method comprises the steps of: (i) providing at least two layers including one first (104a) and one second (104b) layer, and wherein said first (104a) and second layer (104b) each comprise cellulose fibers, and wherein at least one side of sai...