ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,034, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"Fiber" was invented by Kuan-Yeh Huang (Baoshan Township, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A polymer blend is provided, which includes 100 parts by weight of a first polyolefin, 3 to 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic polyurethane, and 3 to 10 parts by weight of a modified polyolefin. The modified polyolefin is formed by grafting maleic anhydride or acrylate onto a second polyolefin. The blend can be used to form fiber."
The patent was filed on Dec. 28, 2022, under Application No. 18/090,099.
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