US Patent Issued to Summit Glove on Oct. 20 for "Method and apparatus for creating a unique surface treatment on a nitrile glove" (American, Malaysian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,619, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Summit Glove Inc. (Minerva, Ohio).

"Method and apparatus for creating a unique surface treatment on a nitrile glove" was invented by James L. Hull (Malvern, Ohio) and Wong Fook Lin (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for a creating a glove surface treatment on a glove. The method includes steps of applying a former on a forming material, wherein the forming material is non-cured and the former includes a plurality of extensions; creating a first surface treatment on the forming material by the plurality of extensions of the former; applying a mold material...