US Patent Issued to Mermet on Dec. 16 for "Composite yarn, manufacturing process and textile surface comprising such a yarn" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,716, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Mermet (Les Avenieres-Veyrins-Thuellin, France).

"Composite yarn, manufacturing process and textile surface comprising such a yarn" was invented by Francois-Xavier Damour (Lyons, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite yarn comprising a continuous multifilament core yarn incorporated in a matrix, is characterized in that the matrix comprises at least one polymer material and at least one reinforcing filler, the reinforcing filler being formed from functionalized particles, said particles having a median size (dv50) of less than 40 micro metre. A process for manufacturing such a compos...