ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,339, issued on May 27, was assigned to AVIENT PROTECTIVE MATERIALS B.V. (Geleen, Netherlands).
"Net for aquaculture" was invented by Hans Schneiders (Echt, Netherlands) and Bart Tacken (Echt, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Nets, preferably nets for aquaculture are provided, wherein the net comprises cords joined in a net mesh, wherein each cord comprises one or more yarns, the yarns having a tenacity of at least 0.6 N/tex and wherein the net has a mesh size of at least 8 mm, characterized in that the cords further comprise a polymeric resin, wherein the polymeric resin is a homopolymer or copolymer of ethylene and/or prop...