US Patent Issued to Natural Fiber Welding on June 24 for "Methods, processes, and apparatuses for producing welded substrates" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,574, issued on June 24, was assigned to Natural Fiber Welding Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Methods, processes, and apparatuses for producing welded substrates" was invented by Luke Michael Haverhals (Peoria, Ill.), Aaron Kenneth Amstutz (Peoria, Ill.), Balmes Tejeda (Peoria, Ill.), Matthew Nelson (Edwards, Ill.) and Jonglak Choi (Peoria, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A welded yarn may have a cross section about a plane that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the welded yarn wherein the cross-sectional area is comprised of two or more distinct portions, wherein the degree of welding in each portion is different, which May als...