ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,148, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to TECHNIKUM LAUBHOLZ GMBH (Goppingen, Germany) and CENTROTHERM INTERNATIONAL AG (Blaubeuren, Germany).

"Continuous fibres based on cellulose and/or cellulose derivatives, method for the production thereof and use thereof" was invented by Manuel Clauss (Ostfildern, Germany), Andreas Keller (Opfingen, Germany), Frank Hermanutz (Leonberg, Germany), Gunter Fauth (Urbach, Germany), Marc Vocht (Stuttgart, Germany) and Michael Buchmeiser (Remshalden, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A description is given of continuous fibers based on cellulose and/or cellulose derivatives, more particularly for p...