ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,068, issued on April 15, was assigned to Voith Patent GmbH (Heidenheim, Germany).
"Fabric tape" was invented by Johann Boeck (Fornach, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A forming fabric tape for a machine for producing or processing a fiber material web, the forming fabric tape including an upper fabric layer including upper longitudinal threads and upper transversal threads woven into the upper longitudinal threads; and a lower fabric layer including lower longitudinal threads and lower transversal threads woven into the lower longitudinal threads, wherein the upper fabric layer and the lower fabric layer are arranged on top of ...