US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK on May 12 for "Extraction of delignified, cellulose-based fibers from natural plant material, and materials incorporating such fibers" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,500, issued on May 12, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK (College Park, Md.).

"Extraction of delignified, cellulose-based fibers from natural plant material, and materials incorporating such fibers" was invented by Liangbing Hu (Rockville, Md.), Chaoji Chen (Sykesville, Md.), Zhihan Li (College Park, Md.) and Jianguo Li (College Park, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A piece of natural plant material is subjected to one or more chemical treatments to remove substantially all lignin therefrom, thereby allowing the extraction of delignified, cellulose-based fibers. For example, the natural plant material can be a gr...