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  "patent_number": "US 375962",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "How the Modern Paper Drinking Straw Was Invented",
  "original_title": "District",
  "summary": "A 19th-century patent for a paper tube coated in wax, designed to replace natural rye grass straws for drinking beverages.",
  "what_it_does": "The patent describes a method for manufacturing a drinking tube by winding strips of paper around a mandrel to create a cylinder. The cylinder is then coated in paraffin wax to prevent it from becoming soggy when submerged in liquid. This mechanism provided a durable, sanitary alternative to the hollow rye grass stems commonly used at the time.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover plastic or metal drinking straws.",
    "Does not cover the use of natural plant-based stems like rye grass.",
    "Does not cover non-cylindrical drinking implements.",
    "Does not cover methods of manufacturing straws using non-paper materials."
  ],
  "filed": null,
  "granted": "1888-01-03",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": "Marvin C. Stone",
  "holder_url": "https://patentbrief.org/company/marvin-c-stone",
  "inventors": [],
  "times_cited": 7,
  "tags": [
    "consumer_electronics",
    "mechanical"
  ],
  "abstract": null,
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/375962/drinking-straw-stone",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/375962/drinking-straw-stone/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US375962",
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