ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,162, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to TEIJIN ARAMID B.V. (Arnhem, Netherlands).
"Continuous process for recycling" was invented by Hanneke Boerstoel (Arnhem, Netherlands), Wido Nijenhuis (Huissen, Netherlands), Rene La Faille (Zwolle, Netherlands), Rasid Gunes (Arnhem, Netherlands), Said Boudebah (Arnhem, Netherlands), Bert Gebben (Velp, Netherlands), Stan Maassen (Zeist, Netherlands) and Naoya Komiya (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A continuous process for the recycling of aramid fiber comprising the following steps: combining aramid fibrous material including non-continuous aramid fibers with sulfuric acid to obtain ...