ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,229, issued on July 14, was assigned to Ecolab USA Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Method for applying coating chemicals to yankee dryers for tissue and towel production" was invented by Dominic Luneau (Victoriaville, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method applying a composition to a dryer cylinder is provided. The method includes determining an amount of water to apply onto a surface of a dryer cylinder based on a total evaporation rate of the dryer cylinder and spraying a composition including the water and a coating chemistry onto the surface of the dryer cylinder. Systems for applying composition to dryer cylinders are also prov...