US Patent Issued to LENZING on May 27 for "Molded body which comprises elastane incorporated in cellulose and manufacturing method" (Austrian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,421, issued on May 27, was assigned to LENZING AG (Lenzing, Austria).

"Molded body which comprises elastane incorporated in cellulose and manufacturing method" was invented by Christoph Klaus-Nietrost (Vocklabruck, Austria), 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 of manufacturing a molded body which comprises cellulose, wherein the method comprises: i) providing a starting material which comprises cellulose and elastane, in particular wherein the elastane in the starting material is present separated from the cellulose, wherein the starting materi...