US Patent Issued to Glatfelter Gernsbach on Aug. 4 for "Non-woven fabric containing a disinfecting agent and method for producing the same" (German, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,457, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Glatfelter Gernsbach GmbH (Gernsbach, Germany).

"Non-woven fabric containing a disinfecting agent and method for producing the same" was invented by Thomas Tischer (Karlsruhe, Germany), Jorg Kuhn (Otigheim, Germany) and Nicolas Dery (Ottawa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a non-woven fabric, a method for producing a non-woven fabric, a wipe or tissue and uses thereof as well as a disinfecting method, in particular against bacteria and viruses, such as coronaviruses including severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV-2). The non-woven fabric comprise...