US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on May 20 for "System and method for determining personal protective equipment comfort" (British, American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,307,619, issued on May 20, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"System and method for determining personal protective equipment comfort" was invented by Ambuj Sharma (Woodbury, Minn.), Claire R. Donoghue (Twyford, Great Britain), Stephen R. Gamble (Bishop Aukland, Great Britain), Andrew W. Long (Woodbury, Minn.), Christine L. McCool (St. Paul, Minn.), Caitlin E. Meree (St. Paul, Minn.), Henning T. Urban (Kuehlungsborn, Germany), Andrew S. Viner (St. Paul, Minn.), Richard C. Webb (St. Paul, Minn.) and Caroline M. Ylitalo (Stillwater, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for determining personal protect...