US Patent Issued to KANEKA on Aug. 25 for "Melt-blown nonwoven fabric, method of producing the same, layered body, filter for face mask, and face mask" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,153, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to KANEKA Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Melt-blown nonwoven fabric, method of producing the same, layered body, filter for face mask, and face mask" was invented by Takayuki Miyamoto (Settsu, Japan), Takekazu Maeda (Settsu, Japan), Masanobu Tamura (Settsu, Japan) and Shunsuke Otani (Settsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides, for example, a melt-blown nonwoven fabric with high strength, high stretchability, and high particle filtration efficiency. The present invention is, for example, a melt-blown nonwoven fabric including fibers. The fibers are formed from a resin compo...