US Patent Issued to ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND on Oct. 6 for "Low cellulosic non-wood fiber products and methods of making the same" (Illinois, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,553, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY (Decatur, Ill.).

"Low cellulosic non-wood fiber products and methods of making the same" was invented by Ali Ayoub (Decatur, Ill.), Baljit Ghotra (Champaign, Ill.), Darrell V. Chenault (Valparaiso, Ind.) and Alexandra Sanborn (Lincoln, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of preparing a non-wood fiber paper strengthening product is disclosed. The method comprises placing an additive in an aqueous alkaline medium, wherein the additive comprises a hydroxycarboxylic acid, and mixing a non-wood fiber material with the placed additive in the aqueous alkaline medi...