ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,093, issued on April 14, was assigned to Nonwovenn Ltd (Bridgwater, Great Britain).

"Nonwoven fabric; pouched product and related methods" was invented by Giovanni Gentilcore (Bridgwater, Great Britain), David Hill (Bridgwater, Great Britain) and Adrian Bisson (Bridgwater, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a nonwoven fabric comprising a non-fibrous binder having certain solubility characteristics. It also provides a pouched product, the fabric and contents of which have certain solubility characteristics. Related methods are also disclosed."

The patent was filed on Feb. 4, 2022, under Appli...