US Patent Issued to DUPONT SAFETY & CONSTRUCTION on March 17 for "Flame-resistant garments and fabrics with yarns comprising a polymer blend of meta-aramid and polyvinylpyrrolidone" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,397, issued on March 17, was assigned to DUPONT SAFETY & CONSTRUCTION INC. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Flame-resistant garments and fabrics with yarns comprising a polymer blend of meta-aramid and polyvinylpyrrolidone" was invented by Mark William Andersen (Charlottesville, Va.), Mark T Aronson (Midlothian, Va.), B. Lynne Wiseman (Richmond, Va.) and Reiyao Zhu (Moseley, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flame-resistant garment comprising a flame-resistant fabric, and the flame resistant fabric, each comprising a yarn comprising a) 85 to 97 weight percent of a meta-aramid fiber component, and b) 3 to 15 weight percent of a fiber made fro...