ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,676, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to CJ CHEILJEDANG Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Adhesive composition and preparation method thereof" was invented by Ji Ho Hwang (Seoul, South Korea), Young Lyeol Yang (Seoul, South Korea), Chang Yub Oh (Yongin-si, South Korea), Chang Suk Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Kyung Su Na (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jun Ok Moon (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an adhesive composition including lysine, alpha ketoglutaric acid, and water, wherein the lysine and the alpha ketoglutaric acid are present in the form of an aqueous salt solution and do not form precipitates in the ...