ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,165, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Voith Patent GmbH (Heidenheim, Germany).
"Fabric tape" was invented by Johann Boeck (Fornach, Austria) and Jan Gallik (Weyregg, 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 web, the forming fabric tape including an upper fabric layer including upper longitudinal threads and upper transversal threads woven with the upper longitudinal threads; and a lower fabric layer including lower longitudinal threads and lower transversal threads woven with the lower longitudinal threads, wherein the upper fabric layer and the lower fabric laye...