ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,749, issued on April 29, was assigned to Archroma IP GmbH (Reinach, Switzerland).

"Printing of fiber blends, woven and non-woven or knit fabric" was invented by Joaquin Femat Jaramillo (Barcelona, Spain) and Marc Sabat Rius (Barcelona, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a composition for printing a fiber blend, yarn, woven or non-woven or knit fabric comprising or consisting of at least acrylic, aramid, and optionally wool, a process for producing the composition, use of the composition, a process for printing said fiber blend, yarn, woven or non-woven or knit fabric, as well as to the printed fiber ...