Patents by Inventor Medwick V. Byrd, Jr.

Medwick V. Byrd, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Process for producing a pulp suitable for papermaking from nonwood fibrous materials
    Patent number: 6302997
    Abstract: A process for producing a pulp suitable for papermaking from a nonwood fiber source material. Representative nonwood fiber source materials include corn stover and wheat straw. The process includes the steps of providing a nonwood fiber source material; digesting the nonwood fiber source material with an alkaline pulping solution at at least about atmospheric pressure; reducing the pH of the nonwood fiber source material to an acidic pH with an acid solution; treating the nonwood fiber source material having an acidic pH with ozone; and treating the nonwood fiber source material with a bleaching solution to form a papermaking pulp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignees: North Carolina State University, HurterConsult Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert W. Hurter, Medwick V. Byrd, Jr.