US Patent Issued to THE ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING/MCGILL UNIVERSITY on Nov. 3 for "Cellulose-based filaments, films and 3D objects and methods of manufacture thereof" (Canadian, Iranian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,771, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to THE ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING/MCGILL UNIVERSITY (Montreal).

"Cellulose-based filaments, films and 3D objects and methods of manufacture thereof" was invented by Theo G.M. Van De Ven (Montreal), Nur Alam (Thunder Bay, Canada), Jean-Philip Lumb (Montreal), Shahidul Islam (Montreal) and Mohammadhadi Moradian (Shiraz, Iran).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "We provide cellulose-based filaments comprising a negatively charged cellulose derivative bearing anionic functional groups as well as bubble-free films and 3D objects comprising partially decarboxylated carboxymethyl cellulose...