ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,428, issued on June 17, was assigned to REBUNDLE INC..

"Methods for making synthetic hair from plant fiber" was invented by Ciara I. May (St. Louis), Cynthia Chapple (St. Louis) and Phylicia Patton (St. Louis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides methods for making synthetic hair compositions. The methods generally comprise providing a plant fiber, degumming the plant fiber, and dyeing the plant fiber. The present disclosure also provides methods of degumming banana fiber. The methods generally comprise providing banana fiber and soaking the banana fiber in a degumming solution comprising a base, magnesium su...