ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,166, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Qingdao, China).

"Device and method for twisting electrostatic spinning superfine fiber" was invented by Hongbo Chen (Qingdao, China), Wenwen Han (Qingdao, China), Weimin Yang (Qingdao, China), Haichao Liu (Qingdao, China), Hui Liang (Qingdao, China) and Chuansheng Wang (Qingdao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a device for twisting electrostatic spinning superfine fiber. The device comprises an outer sleeve and a middle sleeve, wherein the outer sleeve sleeves the middle sleeve, an annular gap is formed between the outer sleeve an...