ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,353, issued on March 11, was assigned to Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy (Espoo, Finland).
"Fibre dissolution with enzymatic treatment" was invented by Kaisa Marjamaa (Espoo, Finland), Nina Aro (Espoo, Finland), Kristiina Kruus (Espoo, Finland) and Jenni Rahikainen (Espoo, Finland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention concerns a process for the dissolution of cellulose using an enzymatic treatment, followed by a chemical dissolution. Particularly, the invention relates to the utilization of oxidizing enzymes for said enzyme treatment step. The process of the invention will cause an improved dissolution of high molar...