ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,081, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to HEXCEL COMPOSITES Ltd. (Duxford, Great Britain).

"Moulding material" was invented by Mark Whiter (Saffron Walden, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is concerned with a moulding material comprising: a) A primary non-woven fibre layer; b) A secondary non-woven fibre layer, and c) A resin layer; wherein the resin layer bonds the secondary non-woven fibre layer to a first surface of the primary non-woven fibre layer, and the resin layer is exposed on the second surface of the primary non-woven layer."

The patent was filed on Sept. 23, 2020, under Application No. 17...