	US 12,227,900 B2
	High brightness non-wood pulp
Thomas G. Shannon, Neenah, WI (US); Samantha C. Ackerly, Green Bay, WI (US); Zhiying Yu, Oshkosh, WI (US); David J. Paulson, Appleton, WI (US); and Ning Wei, Roswell, GA (US)
Assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US)
Appl. No. 18/251,961
Filed by Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 5, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/058196 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 5, 2023, PCT Pub. No. WO2022/098962, PCT Pub. Date May 12, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/110,600, filed on Nov. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0407562 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. D21C 9/10 (2006.01); D21C 1/02 (2006.01); D21C 1/10 (2006.01); D21C 3/02 (2006.01); D21C 3/22 (2006.01); D21C 9/00 (2006.01); D21C 9/16 (2006.01); D21D 1/20 (2006.01); D21H 11/14 (2006.01)

CPC D21C 9/1063 (2013.01) [D21C 1/02 (2013.01); D21C 1/10 (2013.01); D21C 3/02 (2013.01); D21C 3/222 (2013.01); D21C 9/007 (2013.01); D21C 9/163 (2013.01); D21D 1/20 (2013.01); D21H 11/14 (2013.01)]

13 Claims

1. A non-wood pulp comprising a plurality of fibers derived from a plant of the family Asparagaceae, the non-wood pulp having a fines content of less than about 2.0%, a Freeness from about 400 mL to about 700 mL, a fiber length from about 1.70 to about 2.50 m, and a brightness of about 80% or greater.