ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,329, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to ANDRITZ KUESTERS GMBH (Krefeld, Germany).

"Method for producing a composite nonwoven fabric and device for producing a composite nonwoven fabric" was invented by Henning Vomhof (Cologne, Germany), Andreas Reiter (Arnsberg, Germany) and Dennis Latendorf (Krefeld, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing a composite nonwoven fabric having at least two layers, wherein a first layer is made of long fibers, and a second layer is made of short fibers. The method includes attaching, in a production line, the short fibers of the second layer to the long fibers of the first layer in a...