US Patent Issued to PAPACKS SALES on June 3 for "Biodegradable three-dimensional products molded from natural fibers" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,074, issued on June 3, was assigned to PAPACKS SALES GMBH (Cologne, Germany).

"Biodegradable three-dimensional products molded from natural fibers" was invented by Tahsin Dag (Cologne, Germany) and Florian Barth (Cologne, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to methods and systems for manufacturing molded fiber products using a pulp slurry and apparatus submerged in pulp slurry. The system utilizes a vacuum and mesh shaping of the product to pull fiber from the pulp slurry to the mesh shape while sucking the water through the mesh shape. The molded fiber product is then pressed to bolster the streng...