ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,353, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to SAPPI NORTH AMERICA INC. (Boston).
"Oil/grease resistant paper products" was invented by Paige Allison Case Pomeroy (Falmouth, Maine), Thomas A. Waecker (Cape Elizabeth, Maine), Alonzo K. Osgood (Portland, Maine) and Arbin Rajbanshi (Gorham, Maine).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Oil and grease resistant paper products include a substrate and, on at least one side of the substrate, a continuous layer of a barrier coating, the barrier coating including a binder system and a pigment. The barrier coating, when applied to the substrate and dried to form a barrier layer, provides a continuous film of th...