ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,440, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to BOSTIK SA (Colombes, France).

"Process for hot application of a silylated adhesive composition" was invented by Jean-Francois Chartrel (Cuts, France), Olivier Laferte (Trosly Breuil, France) and Lahoussaine Lalouch (Noyon, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a process for hot application of an adhesive composition (80) on a support (96), by means of a system comprising: a nozzle (50) for applying the adhesive composition (80), a line (88) for supplying the nozzle (50) with the adhesive composition (80) to be applied in fluid form, a mixer (30) positioned in the line (88...