US Patent Issued to Stora Enso on Sept. 30 for "Method of making a cellulose film comprising microfibrillated cellulose" (Finnish, Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,530, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Stora Enso OYJ (Helsinki).

"Method of making a cellulose film comprising microfibrillated cellulose" was invented by Otto Nylen (Helsinki), Isto Heiskanen (Imatra, Finland) and Isabel Knoos (Saffle, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for making a cellulose film comprising microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) is provided, said method comprising the step of: applying an aqueous emulsion of one or more vegetable oils to a surface of a casting substrate. Improved release of the MFC film can thus be achieved."

The patent was filed on Dec. 22, 2020, under Application No. 17/757,256.

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