ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,538, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to SIRETESSILE S.R.L. (Cornuda, Italy).

"Fabric and method for obtaining said fabric" was invented by Alessandro Baggio (Asolo, Italy) and Marco Lucchese (Villorba, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing a combustion resistant upholstery fabric with a weight of approximately 180-210 g/m2 includes: at least one preparation step of an intimate blend yarn with 65% by weight of polyester fibers and 35% by weight of cotton fibers, at least one weaving step with a 2/1 twill weave of the yarn thus prepared to obtain a fabric, at least one washing step of said fabric to obtain a bleache...