ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,498, issued on May 12, was assigned to Noble BioMaterials Inc. (Scranton, Pa.).

"Metalized fabric that dissipates and scatters infrared light and methods or making and using the same" was invented by Bennett Fisher (Morganton, N.C.), Carl Jones (Peckville, Pa.), Jodi Wallis (Carbondale, Pa.), Dino Aimino (Newark, N.Y.), Thomas Dougal (Old Forge, Pa.), Greg Gianforcaro (Clemson, S.C.) and David Curry (Valdese, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metalized fabric and method for metallization of fabric. The fabric is formed using two threads with different affinities for metallization, but which threads are not metalized prior to formi...