ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,486, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to SOLENIS TECHNOLOGIES LP (Wilmington, Del.).
"Foam-assisted application of uncooked starch and dry strength agents to paper products" was invented by Terry Lynn Bliss (Marietta, Ga.), Matthew Nicholas (Avondale, Pa.), Stephen Vinciguerra (West Grove, Pa.) and Ashley Hawkins Lewis (Wilmington, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Multi-ply paper products and methods for manufacturing such products are provided. A method includes producing a foam of water, air, a foaming agent, uncooked starch, and a dry strength agent; applying the foam to a first surface of a base embryonic ply web; providing an a...