ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,065, issued on July 14, was assigned to PROPRIETECT LP (Toronto).

"Process for production of foam laminate product" was invented by Neil P. Gehani (Mississauga, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laminate product comprising a foam core having a pair of opposed major surfaces and a cover layer secured with respect to each major surface is described. The cover layer contains a fibrous reinforcement layer that is substantially encapsulated by a polymer. It has been found that the use of a fibrous polymer layer (e.g., in place of conventional polyethylene film) results in a laminate product having significantly lower resistance to a...