US Patent Issued to Stora Enso on April 7 for "Air-laid blank, a method of producing an air-laid blank and a method of producing a three dimensional product from said air-laid blank" (Swedish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,603, issued on April 7, was assigned to Stora Enso OYJ (Helsinki).

"Air-laid blank, a method of producing an air-laid blank and a method of producing a three dimensional product from said air-laid blank" was invented by Martin Malmqvist (Halmstad, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air-laid blank (10) comprises natural fibers at a concentration of at least 70% by weight of the air-laid blank (10) and a thermoplastic polymer binder at a concentration selected within an interval of from 2.5 up to 30% by weight of the air-laid blank (10). The air-laid blank (10) has an average density and a portion (11) of the air-laid blank (10) ...