ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,480, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to THE SWEET LIVING GROUP LLC (Virginia Beach, Va.).

"Dyed fabric having ultraviolet radiation protection and antimicrobial protection" was invented by Robert B. Kramer (Virginia Beach, Va.), Ronald Kramer (Virginia Beach, Va.), Jason Rosenberg (Shorewood, Wis.) and Peter Hauser (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for dyeing a fabric has the steps of adding a fabric to a jet dyeing machine containing water, adding a scouring agent to the jet dyeing machine, heating the water and cooling the water, removing the water from the jet dyeing machine and refilling with water, agitating...