US Patent Issued to Evonik Operations on June 24 for "Use of rhamnolipids and/or sophorolipids in coating compositions for obtaining a homogeneous colour appearance of the dry coating film and/or for increasing occupational safety in the production of coating compositions" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,366, issued on June 24, was assigned to Evonik Operations GmbH (Essen, Germany).

"Use of rhamnolipids and/or sophorolipids in coating compositions for obtaining a homogeneous colour appearance of the dry coating film and/or for increasing occupational safety in the production of coating compositions" was invented by Ellen Reuter (Bochum, Germany), Stefan Silber (Krefeld, Germany), Petra Allef (Essen, Germany), Katrin Roland (Essen, Germany), Pedro Cavaleiro (Cologne, Germany), Jochen Mergenthaler (Essen, Germany), Claudia Jansen (Leverkusen, Germany) and Marco Blei (Essen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Rhamnolipids and/or so...