ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,611, issued on March 17, was assigned to Nanhai Nanxin Non-Woven Co. Ltd. (Foshan City, China).

"Nonwoven fabrics suitable for medical applications" was invented by Yongji Jin (Shanghai) and Guohua Wu (Jiujiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Nonwoven fabrics including a first spunbond layer comprising a first plurality of crimped continuous fibers, a second spunbond layer comprising a second plurality of crimped continuous fibers, and a third spunbond layer comprising a third plurality of crimped continuous fibers, in which the second spunbond layer is located directly or indirectly between the first spunbond layer and the th...