US Patent Issued to Inter IKEA Systems on July 21 for "Recycling of lignocellulosic fibers from fiberboards" (Swedish, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,970, issued on July 21, was assigned to Inter IKEA Systems B.V. (Ln Delft, Netherlands).

"Recycling of lignocellulosic fibers from fiberboards" was invented by Jan-Olof Fechter (Alvesta, Sweden), Michael Germann (Laatzen, Germany), Pontus Hakansson (Almhult, Sweden) and Martin Siewert (Rollshausen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for recycling lignocellulosic fibers from a fiberboard (100) comprising compressed lignocellulosic fibers bonded together by a binding agent. The process comprises the steps of: -disintegrating (101) the fiberboard (100) to provide fiberboard pieces (110); -steaming (111) the fiberboard piec...