ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,202, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Stora Enso OYJ (Helsinki).
"Method for manufacturing films comprising highly refined cellulose fibers" was invented by 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 manufacturing a web or film comprising highly refined cellulose fibers in a paper machine, the method comprising the steps of: a) forming a wet web by applying an aqueous pulp suspension comprising highly refined cellulose fibers on a wire; and b) dewatering the wet web on the wire to obtain a dewatered web comprising highly refin...