ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,649, issued on July 28, was assigned to Stretchline Intellectual Properties Ltd. (Long Eaton, Great Britain).
"Fabric element" was invented by Liyana Arachchige Don Krishan Weerawansa (Kalapaluwawa, Sri Lanka), A. Nalantha Priyaranga De Alwis (Keselwatta, Sri Lanka), Wickrama Arachchige Sanjula Darshana Wickramasinghe (Henegama, Sri Lanka) and Piyal Ariyananda (Weera Mawatha, Sri Lanka).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a fabric element (20) comprising a TiO2 additive, the fabric element (20) including a mark (22) formed in or on a surface of the fabric element (20), wherein the mark (22) includes a lower titanium oxide...