US Patent Issued to Fitesa (China) Airlaid, Simpsonville on June 30 for "Airlaid nonwoven" (Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,902, issued on June 30, was assigned to Fitesa (China) Airlaid Co. Ltd. (Tianjin, China) and Simpsonville Inc..

"Airlaid nonwoven" was invented by Marc S. Newman (Simpsonville, S.C.), Yu Xin (Greer, S.C.), Jichun Ren (Tianjin, China), Ding Hua (Tianjin, China) and Yijian Qu (Tianjin, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a composite sheet material having a first layer and an airlaid nonwoven layer overlying the first layer wherein the airlaid nonwoven layer includes a blend of bamboo derived staple fibers and non-cellulose staple fibers, and in which the airlaid nonwoven layer includes a first surface disposed towards, and...