ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,931, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to OceanSafe AG (Bern, Switzerland).
"Fiber" was invented by Manuel Schweizer (Bern, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a fiber obtainable or being obtained by a method comprising: spinning a melt comprising an aliphatic polyester, an aliphatic-aromatic polyester, and a polyhydroxyalkanoate through a hollow fiber spinning nozzle to obtain a precursor fiber; and cooling the precursor fiber under a temperature gradient, thereby obtaining the fiber. The invention also relates to yarns and clothings made from such fiber and to methods of preparing such fiber."...