ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,737, issued on May 27, was assigned to MIXCYCLING S.R.L. (Vicenza, Italy).
"Process for treating fibres of vegetable origin and use of the treated vegetable fibres obtained by said process" was invented by Gianni Tagliapietra (Vicenza, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This is a process for treating fibres of vegetable origin, comprising the following steps: heating the vegetable fibres by means of a radiofrequency heating oven into which an air flow previously treated with cold plasma is introduced; subjecting the vegetable fibres to a high vacuum treatment; impregnating the vegetable fibres with CO2; mixing the vegetable fibres ...