US Patent Issued to THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA on Sept. 2 for "Fabric resistant to liquid penetration" (Australian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,677, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Edinburgh, Australia).

"Fabric resistant to liquid penetration" was invented by Jie Ding (Edinburgh, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described embodiments generally relate to a garment for resisting penetration of a liquid. The garment comprises an outer layer, and an inner layer. The inner layer is configured to be positioned closer to the skin of a wearer than the outer layer when the garment is being worn. Each of the inner layer and the outer layer on their own are wettable by the liquid, and the inner layer has a lower wettability to the liquid than ...