ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,134, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Qilu University of Technology (Jinan, China).

"Method for preparing unbleached biomechanical pulp from straws and full utilization of by-products" was invented by Zhongjian Tian (Jinan, China), Ruiming Wang (Jinan, China), Xingxiang Ji (Jinan, China), Yinkai Ge (Jinan, China), Jiachuan Chen (Jinan, China), Guihua Yang (Jinan, China) and Hao Ma (Jinan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing an unbleached biomechanical pulp from straws and full utilization of by-products, which belongs to the technical field of papermaking technology and wast...