ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,714, issued on March 25, was assigned to KOLON INDUSTRIES INC. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Aramid pulp and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Changhee Ko (Seoul, South Korea) and Namdae Gu (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According the present disclosure, there is provided an aramid pulp and a method for manufacturing the same, in which a completely dried, oilless aramid yarn that has not been applied with a general spinning oil agent is used, and thus the water dispersion and swelling time of the fiber can be reduced as compared with a conventional case, thereby providing an aramid pulp that is improved...