IP Library Granted Patent US 9,617,687
Granted Patent B2
US 9,617,687 · App. 12/480,539 · Granted Apr 11, 2017

Meterable fibrous material

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Patent No.
US 9,617,687
App. No.
12/480,539
Granted
Apr 11, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A particle or particles of cellulosic wood pulp fibers having a top and bottom face and a hexagonal perimeter, and methods of using it.

Claims (9)

1. A cellulosic wood pulp fiber particle having two opposed faces and a hexagonal perimeter, a major axis length of 4 to 8 mm, a width of 2 to 5 mm and a thickness of 0.1 mm to 4 mm,

wherein the wood pulp fiber is in the form of a wood pulp sheet, a paperboard sheet, or a paper sheet,

wherein the particle has a basis weight of 70 to 120 g/m 2 .

2. A cellulosic wood pulp fiber particle having two opposed faces and a hexagonal perimeter, a major axis length of 4 to 8 mm, a width of 2 to 5 mm and a thickness of 0.1 mm to 4 mm,

wherein the wood pulp fiber is in the form of a wood pulp sheet is in the form of a wood pulp sheet, a paperboard sheet, or a paper sheet,

wherein the particle has a basis weight of 100 to 350 g/m 2 .

3. A cellulosic wood pulp fiber particle having two opposed faces and a hexagonal perimeter, a major axis length of 4 to 8 mm, a width of 2 to 5 mm and a thickness of 0.1 mm to 4 mm,

wherein the wood pulp fiber is in the form of a wood pulp sheet is in the form of a wood pulp sheet, a paperboard sheet, or a paper sheet,

wherein the particle has a basis weight of 350 to 500 g/m 2 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2025
From: INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY
To: GCF US HOLDINGS LLC
Reel/Frame 073563/0717 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 23, 2017
From: WEYERHAEUSER NR COMPANY
To: INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY
Reel/Frame 041364/0247 →