ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,852, issued on May 26, was assigned to Hanwha Azdel Inc. (Forest, Va.).

"Thermoplastic sheets and articles with variable lofting capacity" was invented by Yune Seo Park (Fenton, Mich.) and Anthony J Messina (Macomb, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Certain configurations are described herein of a thermoplastic sheet or article comprising a plurality of porous layers coupled to each other. In one configuration, the thermoplastic article may comprise a core layer, a first layer disposed on one surface of the core layer and a second layer disposed on another surface of the core layer. In some instances, each of the core layer, the fi...