ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,615, issued on July 29, was assigned to Nonwovenn Ltd (Bridgwater, Great Britain).

"Nonwoven fabric for oral pouched product, and methods of manufacturing a nonwoven fabric" was invented by Giovanni Gentilcore (Bridgwater, Great Britain), Adrian Bisson (Bridgwater, Great Britain) and Dave Hill (Bridgwater, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nonwoven fabric for manufacturing an oral pouched product, where the nonwoven fabric is chewable to increase its liquid permeability. When the nonwoven fabric is used to form a pouch, it may thus control the release of substances from within the pouch. The nonwoven fabric can be formed...