ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,852, issued on July 29, was assigned to GENUS INDUSTRIES INC. (Oregon City, Ore.).
"Coconut hard shell granules softening method" was invented by David E. Shoup (Oregon City, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of softening coconut shell material, includes submerging the coconut shell material in water to produce clean crumb material, boiling the clean crumb material in a salt solution to produce boiled crumb material, steaming the boiled crumb material to produce steamed crumb material, first soaking the steamed crumb material in a solution of water and an alkali material to produce soaked crumb material, second soaking the...