US Patent Issued to Specialized Products & Services on May 13 for "Engineered corn husk compositions and methods" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,595, issued on May 13, was assigned to Specialized Products & Services Co. Inc. (Dallas).

"Engineered corn husk compositions and methods" was invented by David John Wengierski (Dallas), Joseph Matthew Wengierski (Dallas) and Christopher David Wengierski (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is disclosed that includes washing corn husks with an acid wash to degrade at least a portion of a non-cellulosic material present in the corn husks and from pulped corn husks, wherein the non-cellulosic material comprises lignan. The method further comprises forming a slurry, wherein the slurry comprises pulped corn husks; forming the s...