ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,755, issued on June 23, was assigned to Safran Seats USA LLC (Gainesville, Texas), Safran Seats GB Ltd. (Cwmbran, Great Britain), Safran Seats Tunisia (Soliman, Tunisia) and Safran Seats (Plaisir, France).

"Self-cleaning fabric covers for aircraft fixtures" was invented by Paula Rebeca Realyvazquez Guevara (Chihuahua, Mexico), Mario Gerardo Herrera Murillo (Chihuahua, Mexico), Benjamin Py (Bourges, France), James Woodington (Cwmbran, Great Britain), Ghassen Ben Amor (Nabeul, Tunisia), Gerald Cotta (Plaisir, France) and Adrien Beauvais (Abondant, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are self-cleaning covers for attaching to...