ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,141, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Dow Global Technologies LLC (Midland, Mich.) and Dow Silicone Corp. (Midland, Mich.).

"Coating composition, a coated fabric, a method of making a coated fabric, and an article made from the coated fabric" was invented by Craig Gorin (Midland, Mich.), Manesh Sekharan (Freeport, Texas), David Yancey (Midland, Mich.), David Bank (Midland, Mich.), Jacob Milne (Hemlock, Mich.), Mark Fisher (Midland, Mich.) and Rebecca Beeson (Midland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coating composition which comprises a first polymeric component which comprises a first polymeric dispersion, wherein polymers c...