ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,313, issued on May 20, was assigned to COSTA S.R.L. (Podenzano, Italy).

"Base fabric, bonded fabric, high performance belt and manufacturing processes thereof" was invented by Giuliano Costa (Podenzano, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for manufacturing a bonded fabric for high performance industrial belts is provided. The process includes providing a base fabric made up of warp yarns provided with a predetermined elasticity and weft yarns provided with a lower elasticity than the warp yarns, and subjecting the base fabric to a bonding treatment."

The patent was filed on March 16, 2021, under Application No. 17/911,674...