ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,733, issued on March 17, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Method for manufacturing molded product" was invented by Masahiko Nakazawa (Matsumoto, Japan), Shigemi Wakabayashi (Azumino, Japan), Takashi Shinohara (Matsumoto, Japan), Takumi Sago (Matsumoto, Japan), Naoko Omagari (Azumino, Japan) and Masahide Nakamura (Matsumoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a molded product of the present disclosure includes a deposition step of depositing a mixture including a fiber and starch in air, a humidification step of applying water to the mixture, and a molding step of heating and pressurizing the m...