US Patent Issued to Allegiance on Feb. 4 for "Water-based hydrogel blend coating and method of application to elastomeric articles" (Malaysian, Thai Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,108, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Allegiance Corp. (Waukegan, Ill.).

"Water-based hydrogel blend coating and method of application to elastomeric articles" was invented by Choon Kong Woo (Bayan Lepas, Malaysia), Chuang Sim Chong (Gelugor Pulau, Malaysia), Nujalee Dangseeyun (Chonburi, Thailand) and Panor Wannawong (Muang, Thailand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water-based hydrogel polymer coating and a method of application to natural rubber or other elastomeric latex products are provided. The water-based hydrogel polymer is mixed with a blend of at least one elastomeric material to provide a hydrogel polymer blend compositio...