ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,097, issued on April 14, was assigned to PLANTICS HOLDING B.V. (Arnhem, Netherlands).

"Process for manufacturing a shaped object through filament winding" was invented by Martinus Mathilda Pieter Zieverink (Arnhem, Netherlands), Beer Holthuis (Arnhem, Netherlands) and Wridzer Jan Willem Bakker (Arnhem, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention pertains to a process for manufacturing a shaped object through a winding process comprising the steps of -winding resin-containing fiber under tension to form a shaped fibrous object, the resin comprising at least 50 wt. % of polyester derived from an aliphatic polyol with 2-15...