MUMBAI, India, Aug. 22 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202421010966 A) filed by Uday Shankar Agarwal, Maharashtra, on Feb. 16, 2024, for 'a cellulose dissolving process for its shaping.'

Inventor(s) include Uday Shankar Agarwal; and Marisha Agarwal.

The application for the patent was published on Aug. 22, under issue no. 34/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A process and system thereof for dispersion based dissolution of solids including viscosity enhancing polymers and hard-to-wet solids whereby preferably cellulose pulp dissolution is provided that enhances dissolution of cellulose pulp leaving 0.1% undissolved particles in solvent system including phosphoric acid based solvent. The process of the present invention comprises contacting two separated stream of solids as compacted solids and solvent directly in the high shear zone of high speed mixer (HSM), to mix rapidly to provide fine dispersion and partial dissolution. This is followed by further mixing in a low speed mixer such as kneader for extended period to provide homogenous solution. The solution is forwarded to the shaping process, such as metering, filtration and extrusion."

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