ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,101, issued on July 15, was assigned to Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l. (Milan).
"Polyolefin-based hot melt adhesive composition" was invented by Roberta Marchini (Ferrara, Italy), Silvia Guerra (Ferrara, Italy), Stefano Pasquali (Ferrara, Italy), Ankur Rastogi (Eschborn, Germany) and Stefano Spataro (Ferrara, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A polyolefin-based hot melt adhesive composition made from or containing: (A) 28-75 wt. % of a copolymer of butene-1 with Melt Flow Rate values, measured according to ISO 1133 (190deg C., 2.16 kg), from 200 to 1500 g/10 min.; and (B) 25-72 wt. % of at least one additional component selected...