US Patent Issued to Dow Global Technologies, Rohm and Haas on Nov. 11 for "Process for preparing a coated paper article" (Pennsylvania, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,205, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Dow Global Technologies LLC (Midland, Mich.) and Rohm and Haas Co. (Collegeville, Pa.).

"Process for preparing a coated paper article" was invented by Xiangyi Zhang (Phoenixville, Pa.), John A. Roper III (Midland, Mich.), Andrew Hejl (Lansdale, Pa.), Brian R. Einsla (Collegeville, Pa.) and Matthew Carter (Bala Cynwyd, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method comprising the steps of applying to a paper or paperboard substrate an aqueous dispersion of polymer particles which comprise structural units of a vinyl ester, vinyl alcohol, and an acrylate monomer, the...