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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2024
Footprint International, Llc, Scottadale, AZ (US);
Yoke Chung, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Yiyun Zhang, Chandler, AZ (US);
David France, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Todd Biggs, Queen Creek, AZ (US);
Steven Roach, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Footprint International, LLC, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are methods and systems for production of fiber-based, plastic-free products are produced by a web-fed dry forming process. In some embodiments, a method of manufacturing a paper-based packaging product includes conditioning a paper web to optimize a moisture content of the paper web and to treat the paper web with at least one additive to form a conditioned paper web; and dry molding the conditioned paper web under one or both of heat and pressure to produce a plurality of finished paper-based packaging products.