ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,577, issued on June 24, was assigned to WALKI BELCOAT naamloze vennootschap (Duffel, Belgium).

"Composition of an adhesive barrier layer between a non-woven material and another non-woven material for processing at higher temperatures" was invented by Peter Jozef Van Ginderen (Aartselaar, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition of an adhesive water-tight and steam-tight barrier layer that includes an acoustically insulating polyamide layer which along one side is provided with: a first water-tight and steam-tight polyethylene-layer with 0-25 weight % ethylene vinyl acetate and with a melting point between 70deg C. and 11...