ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,856, issued on July 29, was assigned to LENZING AG (Lenzing, Austria).
"Process for preparing a broken-up, cellulose-containing, starting material with a predefined fibre-length distribution" was invented by Richard Herchl (Ried im Innkreis, Austria) and Christian Weilach (Vocklabruck, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for providing a treated cellulose-comprising starting material (110), in particular a starting material for forming a, in particular regenerated, cellulosic molded body (102) is described. The method comprises: i) supplying a cellulose-comprising starting material (101) which comprises cellulosic fibers, ...