US Patent Issued to KANEKA on June 23 for "Ultraviolet blocking acrylic fibers, ultraviolet blocking fabric and fiber product containing the same, and method for manufacturing the same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,756, issued on June 23, was assigned to KANEKA Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Ultraviolet blocking acrylic fibers, ultraviolet blocking fabric and fiber product containing the same, and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Shigeki Ohno (Osaka, Japan) and Keita Uchibori (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Ultraviolet blocking modacrylic fibers contain an anionic surfactant in an amount of 0.03 wt % or more. The ultraviolet protection factor (UPF) rating value of the ultraviolet blocking modacrylic fibers measured according to JIS L 1925: 2019 is UPF15 or more. Thus, ultraviolet blocking modacrylic fibers that are less l...