ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,116, issued on April 14, was assigned to Voith Patent GmbH (Heidenheim, Germany).

"Method and device for producing or treating a web of fibrous material" was invented by Julia Spengler (Ulm, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for the production or treatment of a fibrous web, in particular a paper or cardboard web, includes the following steps: a. drying of the fibrous web in a dryer section; b. subsequent cooling of at least one first side of the fibrous web by way of convection cooling, whereby the fibrous web has a temperature of 65deg C. or less on at least the first side after cooling, in particular 50deg C. and le...