ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,110, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to KANEKA Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Method for separating fibers and method for producing modacrylic fiber, polyvinyl chloride fiber and polyester fiber" was invented by Sho Sakata (Hyogo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for separating fibers that separates a modacrylic fiber, a polyvinyl chloride fiber and a polyester fiber and a method for producing fibers using these fibers obtained by the method for separating fibers are provided. A method for separating fibers contained in a fiber mixture from the fiber mixture, includes a step of mixing the fiber mixture containing at least two se...