US Patent Issued to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide on April 14 for "Foam-based manufacturing system and process" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,113, issued on April 14, was assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc. (Neenah, Wis.).

"Foam-based manufacturing system and process" was invented by Marvin E. Swails (Alpharetta, Ga.), Vicky S. Polashock (Roswell, Ga.), Michael Payne (Acworth, Ga.), Joseph K. Baker (Cumming, Ga.) and Charles W. Colman (Marietta, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system comprising a pulper configured to (i) accept surfactant, a liquid and fiber stock and (ii) generate a foam that suspends the fiber stock, wherein the foam has a half-life; a headbox configured to receive the foam-suspended fiber stock from the pulper and displace the foam-suspended...