ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,147, issued on July 14, was assigned to Stora Enso OYJ (Helsinki).

"Method for producing a granular carbon-carbon composite from a lignin-carbon composite" was invented by Vilhelm Olsson (Taby, Sweden), Stephan Walter (Bochum, Germany), Mario Wachtler (Strangnas, Sweden) and Mats Lindstrom (Vanda, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to a method for producing a thermally stabilized agglomerated lignin-carbon composite material. The method involves the steps of providing an agglomerated lignin-carbon composite material comprising lignin and at least one carbon additive; and heating the agglomerated ...