US Patent Issued to Stora Enso on June 24 for "Method to produce an adhesive component comprising starch and microfibrillated cellulose, an adhesive and products" (Finnish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,370, issued on June 24, was assigned to Stora Enso OYJ (Helsinki).

"Method to produce an adhesive component comprising starch and microfibrillated cellulose, an adhesive and products" was invented by Katja Lyytikainen (Imatra, Finland), Isto Heiskanen (Imatra, Finland) and Kaj Backfolk (Lappeenranta, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for the production of an adhesive component wherein said method comprises the following steps: providing a suspension comprising starch granules, adding a suspension comprising microfibrillated cellulose to the suspension comprising starch granules, drying t...