ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,832, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Arkema France (Puteaux, France).

"Isocyanate-free laminating adhesive" was invented by Joseph J. Zupancic (Glen Ellyn, Ill.), Tuoqi Li (Dallas) and Wenwen Li (Pearland, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An epoxy terminated polyester; an adhesive formulation including the epoxy terminated polyester and a curative composition; a laminating adhesive prepared from the above adhesive formulation; a process of making a laminate; a laminate made by the above process; and a flexible package prepared from the above laminate."

The patent was filed on June 10, 2020, under Application No. 17/597,416. ...