US Patent Issued to Kanbol on June 24 for "System and method for refining agricultural fibers to a pulp specification" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,578, issued on June 24, was assigned to Kanbol Inc. (Auburn, Ky.).

"System and method for refining agricultural fibers to a pulp specification" was invented by Miles Leach (Franklin, Ky.) and Michel McKenzie (Valleyfield, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for preparing non-wood agricultural feedstock material for use as a pulp, and making a paper product therefrom. The method includes providing non-wood agricultural feedstock material (e.g., corn stover) that includes agricultural fibers, chemically pulping the agricultural fibers at a low temperature of less than 100deg C., refining the agricultural fibers (e...