ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,512, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Metsa Spring Oy (Espoo, Finland).

"Moulded multi-layered fibrous product and use thereof" was invented by Jarkko Tuominen (Espoo, Finland) and Emilia Vanska (Espoo, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a moulded multi-layered fibrous product comprising: a first fibrous layer comprising a cellulosic fibrous material; a second fibrous layer on top of the first fibrous layer, the second fibrous layer comprising a cellulosic fibrous material; and the first and/or the second fibrous layer exhibits barrier properties substanti...