US Patent Issued to North Carolina State University, Domtar Paper on Dec. 9 for "Functional paper for electronics printing and methods of making" (North Carolina, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,512, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to North Carolina State University (Raleigh, N.C.) and Domtar Paper Co. LLC (Fort Mill, S.C.).

"Functional paper for electronics printing and methods of making" was invented by Lokendra Pal (Raleigh, N.C.), Manoj Kumar Dixit (Matthews, N.C.), Sachin Agate (Raleigh, N.C.) and Brian Watson Ranson (Greensboro, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is an uncoated functional paper formed from a slurry comprising about 10 wt % to 90 wt % cellulosic fibers and about 1% to 25% sizing solution per total weight of the fibers. The sizing solution can be applied during papermaking and/or applied i...