ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,222, issued on April 15, was assigned to HAVER & BOECKER OHG (Oelde, Germany).

"Wire mesh layer and method of making a multilayer product" was invented by Helmut Frohlich (Oelde, Germany), Stefan Butenkemper (Sendenhorst, Germany) and Frank Meyer (Bad Laer, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wire mesh layer, including warp wires and weft wires, wherein the warp wires and the weft wires form woven meshes and open up a woven surface. A connecting member is provided, which includes a thermoplastic material. The multilayered product is provided having such a wire mesh layer and a further layer, wherein the wire mesh layer and the fu...