ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,598, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to GranBio Intellectual Property Holdings LLC (Thomaston, Ga.).

"Processes and systems for making particulate masterbatches, and compositions obtained therefrom" was invented by Kimberly Nelson (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Improved processes and systems are disclosed for making masterbatches of particulates to be incorporated into polymers. In some variations, a process for making a particulate masterbatch comprises the sequential steps of: providing particulates; conveying an aqueous polymer latex and the particulates to a mixing unit, thereby generating a particulate-latex mixture com...