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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2023
Monosol, Llc, Merrillville, IN (US);
David M. Lee, Clemmons, NC (US);
Jennifer L. Childers, Lowell, IN (US);
Lee K. Yeung, Garland, TX (US);
Ken Jenke, Merrillville, IN (US);
Jonathon Knight, Laporte, IN (US);
Nicholas Zeese, Michigan City, IN (US);
P. Scott Bening, St. John, IN (US);
Yashodhan S. Parulekar, Crown Point, IN (US);
Sumeet Kumar, Crown Point, IN (US);
MONOSOL, LLC, Merrillville, IN (US);
Abstract
A water-soluble film, comprising a first water-soluble film, wherein the first water soluble film disintegrates in water within less than about 24 hours and dissolves in water within less than about 48 hours as measured by the MSTM-205 at 20° C. The disclosure provides a water-soluble film comprising a first water-soluble film that disintegrates in water within less than 24 hours and dissolves in water within less than 48 hours as measured by MSTM-205 at 20° C. The first water-soluble film optionally may be further characterized in that it does not disintegrate in water for at least about 1 hour and does not dissolve in water for at least about 1 hour as measured by MSTM-205 at 20° C. The disclosure further provides a water-soluble film comprising a first water-soluble film characterized in that the degradation and/or dissolution of the first water-soluble film is adapted to be activated by consumer handling.