ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,620, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Transhield Inc. (Elkhart, Ind.).

"Protective composite fabrics and methods of manufacture and use" was invented by Seckin Ozol (South Bend, Ind.), Gregory L. Todt (Union, Mich.) and Na Qi (Granger, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite fabric includes a film having a first side and a second sides, a first fibrous layer having a first side facing the second side of the film and a second side, a fabric layer having a first side facing the second side of the first fibrous layer and a second side, a second fibrous layer having a first side facing the second side of the fabric layer and a ...