ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,952, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to KANEKA Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Core-sheath conjugate fiber for artificial hair, hair ornament including same, and method for producing same" was invented by Norikazu Yasutomo (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One or more embodiments of the present invention relate to a core-sheath conjugate fiber for artificial hair that includes a core and a sheath. The core is composed of a polyester-based resin composition containing a polyester-based resin as a main component, and the sheath is composed of a polyamide-based resin composition containing a polyamide-based resin as a main component. ...