US Patent Issued to GPCP IP Holdings on July 29 for "Absorbent sheet tail-sealed with nanofibrillated cellulose-containing tail-seal adhesives" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,594, issued on July 29, was assigned to GPCP IP Holdings LLC.

"Absorbent sheet tail-sealed with nanofibrillated cellulose-containing tail-seal adhesives" was invented by Zhiying Yu (Oshkosh, Wis.), Siddharth S. Vaijapurkar (Appleton, Wis.) and Daniel W. Sumnicht (Hobart, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aqueous NFC containing tail-seal adhesive includes: (a) water; (b) nanofibrillated cellulose; and (c) one or more of: (i) a water-soluble cellulose derivative; or (ii) a water soluble polyol; or (iii) a viscosity modifier other than a water soluble cellulose derivative."

The patent was filed on June 30, 2020, under Application ...