ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,240, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Aquapak IP Ltd. (Birmingham, Great Britain).
"Extruded polyvinyl alcohol fibres and fibrous products" was invented by John Williams (Chirbury, Great Britain), Sian Griffiths (Conwy, Great Britain), Robert Ashworth (Conwy, Great Britain) and Jack Eaton (Leeds, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to polyvinyl alcohol fibers, methods of making polyvinyl alcohol fibers and products manufactured from polyvinyl alcohol fibers. The invention relates particularly but not exclusively to products comprising extruded polyvinyl alcohol fibers, methods of making extruded poly...