ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,625, issued on May 6, was assigned to TOYO SEIKAN GROUP HOLDINGS LTD. (Tokyo).

"Cellulose nanocrystal-containing resin composition" was invented by Hideaki Nagahama (Yokohama, Japan) and Yuuki Kinoshita (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a cellulose-containing resin composition and a method of producing the same. The cellulose-containing resin composition includes cellulose nanocrystals containing, as cellulose, hemicellulose in an amount of 10 wt. % or less, and thereby the amount of VOCs released due to the cellulose can be reduced without using an additive, and a cellulose-containing r...