US Patent Issued to North Carolina State University on Oct. 27 for "Method to include liquid additives into polymer during the production of fibers" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,540, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to North Carolina State University (Raleigh, N.C.).

"Method to include liquid additives into polymer during the production of fibers" was invented by Behnam Pourdeyhimi (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method of producing fibers comprises forming a blend of a liquid additive and a poly-alpha-olefin (PAO) fluid. The method also includes adding the blend to a polymer to form a composition. The method further includes melting the composition within an extruder. The method furthermore includes spinning fiber, through the extruder, from the composition."

The patent was filed on Jan. 13, 2...