ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,132, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Guangzhou Xiyin International Import and Export Co. Ltd. (Guangzhou, China).

"Method for producing denim-effect garments" was invented by Wenjie Fang (Guangzhou, China), Xinlou Qu (Guangzhou, China), Bei Li (Guangzhou, China), Yong Deng (Guangzhou, China), Zhipeng Zhong (Guangzhou, China) and Ying Zhang (Guangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is disclosed for producing denim-effect garments by the following steps: 1) printing a reactive dye ink onto a PET film to form a pattern thereby obtaining a transfer printed PET film; 2) transfer printing a base pulp-treated fabric by at...