ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,563, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to SOLENIS TECHNOLOGIES LP (Wilmington, Del.).

"Foam-assisted application of sizing agents to paper products" was invented by Ashley Hawkins Lewis (Wilmington, Del.), Scott Romak Lewis (Wilmington, Del.) and Susan M Ehrhardt (Haddonfield, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for manufacturing sized paper products are provided. An exemplary method includes producing a foam of water, air, a foaming agent, and a sizing agent. Further, the exemplary method includes applying the foam to a web and processing the web to form the product."

The patent was filed on Jan. 11, 2023, under Application N...