ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,749, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to FIBU AB (Hallstahammar, Sweden).

"Method for producing 3D fiber structures" was invented by Majid Alimadadi (Vasteras, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a method for producing 3D fiber structures, the method comprising the steps of: feeding a foamed fiber furnish to an apparatus, the apparatus comprising a liquid-permeable substrate means having a first side and an opposing second side, a dispenser having an outlet, wherein at least one of the dispenser and the substrate means travel with respect to the other. Further comprising the step of dispensing, by mea...