ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,840, issued on May 26, was assigned to Acelorex Inc. (Penfield, N.Y.).

"System and process for gluing fabric" was invented by Brendan Casey (Webster, N.Y.), Michael Leo (Penfield, N.Y.) and George Gibson (Fairport, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system applying glue to a fabric to create a bonded seam by applying a carrier liquid to a predetermined area of a first piece of fabric and in a pre-determined pattern; applying uniformly, to the first piece of fabric, particles of a powdered elastomer such that the particles of the powdered elastomer adhere to the applied carrier liquid; removing excess particles of the pow...