ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,051, issued on March 18, was assigned to Auria Solutions UK I Ltd. (London).

"Fiber based compositions for noise abatement and compression resistance" was invented by Timothy Joel Allison (Marion, N.C.), James A. Frye (Marion, N.C.), Ernest Franklin Wilson (Albemarle, N.C.) and Eric Staudt (Fletcher, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed at fiber compositions for noise abatement and compression resistance for vehicular applications. More particularly, the fiber compositions are suitable to replace expanded polypropylene foam pads utilized in vehicular carpet applications."

The patent was filed on Jun...