ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,651, issued on May 27, was assigned to PROTA FIORI (New York).

"Sustainable wearable item and method of manufacturing same" was invented by Jennifer Stucko (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In the embodiments, sustainable wearable items are provided. In some embodiments, the sustainable wearable item can include an upper comprising an upper layer including an upper material selected from the group consisting of upcycled apple skin, sustainable satin, a combination of upcycled apple skin and tea bag recycled yarn, recycled polyamide yarn, and a combination of upcycled apple skin and recycled polyamide yarn, a lining including a...