ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,539, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Carbon Reform Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Touch spinning" was invented by Joanne Norris (Wilmington, Del.), Nickolas Martin (Philadelphia), Prashant Ramesh (Newark, Del.) and Rakesh Ravi (Murrysville, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems include providing a modular frame having a plurality of frame sections that are connectable to each other at a joint area. A pin extends from the joint area of the modular frame. A polymer solution is dispensed through a syringe, and the pin passes by and contacts a droplet of the polymer solution as the modular frame rotates. Fibers are formed...