ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,163, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Ansell Ltd. (Victoria, Australia).
"Composite yarn" was invented by Mathotarallage Amani Rasika Mathota (Kelaniya, Sri Lanka), Andarage Naveen Pradeep Kumara (Embilipitiya, Sri Lanka) and Withanage Priyantha Kumara Withanage (Melsiripura, Sri Lanka).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite yarn is disclosed herein having a plurality of first synthetic fibers having a tenacity of greater than or equal to 1 N/tex; and a plurality of second fibers having a tenacity of less than or equal to 0.95 N/tex; wherein each of the first synthetic fibers and the second fibers are stretch broken and/or cut; ...