US Patent Issued to Glatfelter on April 29 for "Dispersible nonwoven materials including CMC-based binders" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,504, issued on April 29, was assigned to Glatfelter Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Dispersible nonwoven materials including CMC-based binders" was invented by Ronald T. Moose (Lakeland, Tenn.), Jacek K. Dutkiewicz (Cordova, Tenn.) and Alan J. Campbell (Germantown, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Nonwoven materials having at least one layer comprising cellulose fibers, synthetic fibers, or combinations thereof are provided. Such nonwoven materials are at least partially covered on their surface with a binder including carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) and a metallic salt, the binder having a pH of from about 4.3 to about 4.5. Nonwoven mate...