ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,458, issued on June 24, was assigned to TAMA GROUP (Kibbutz Mishmar Haemek, Israel).
"Baler twine and method for twining bales" was invented by Reuven Hugi (Nahariya, Israel), Adi Moked Malachi (Kibbutz Galed, Israel) and Maya Rabinovitch (Pardes Hanna-Karkur, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The twine comprises-includes a mixture of at least 95 wt. % polypropylene and at most 5 wt. % additives. The twine is characterized by up to 8% vol. smectic phase. The percentage of the smectic phase is characterized using X-Ray Diffractometry (XRD). The additives are selected from, impact modifier, polyethylene, pigment, and UV stabilizer....