US Patent Issued to North Carolina State University, Eastman Chemical on May 20 for "Suspensions including cellulose nanofibril and polyester" (American, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,331, issued on May 20, was assigned to North Carolina State University (Raleigh, N.C.) and Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.).

"Suspensions including cellulose nanofibril and polyester" was invented by Emily Facchine (Raleigh, N.C.), Saad A. Khan (Raleigh, N.C.), Orlando Rojas (Vancouver, Canada), Richard J. Spontak (Raleigh, N.C.), Soo Ah Jin (Cary, N.C.) and Koushik Ghosh (Albuquerque, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Suspensions can include a polar solvent, sulfonated polyester material dispersed in the polar solvent, and cellulose nanofibril material dispersed in the polar solvent. Suspensions disclosed and contemplated h...