ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,169, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Noble BioMaterials Inc. (Scranton, Pa.).

"Plant based anti-microbial fabric treatment, treated fabrics, and associated methods" was invented by Jodi Wallis (Carbondale, Pa.), Lynn Wagner (Carlsbad, Calif.), Joel Furey (Stowe, Vt.) and Lou Protonentis (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process, and the resultant product, for effectively binding plant-based antimicrobials to various fabrics which process provides for long term antimicrobial effect of the fabric."

The patent was filed on May 2, 2022, under Application No. 17/734,784.

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