US Patent Issued to SCIESSENT on July 22 for "Water-based anti-pilling fabric treatment compositions" (Massachusetts, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,032, issued on July 22, was assigned to SCIESSENT LLC (Beverly, Mass.).

"Water-based anti-pilling fabric treatment compositions" was invented by Kenneth Johnson (Swampscott, Mass.) and Lester Franklin Stevens Jr. (Seal Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various aqueous anti-pilling fabric treatment compositions are described. The compositions include one or more aqueous polyurethane dispersions or one or more acrylic polymers or both and a silicone. The compositions can be used treat fabrics, textiles and articles of manufacture made therefrom to impart anti-pilling properties to the same."

The patent was filed on March 3,...