ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,113, issued on March 11, was assigned to Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Duesseldorf, Germany).

"High strength, silane-modified polymer adhesive composition" was invented by Christopher Verosky (Coventry, Conn.) and Matthias Kohl (Heidelberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a moisture curable adhesive composition comprising at least one silane-modified polymer, a filler comprising a surface modified fumed silica and one of a surface modified cristobalite and a silica; and optionally, at least one of an aminosilane adhesion promotor, an organotin catalyst, a dehydration shelf life enhancer, a light stabilizer, titanium diox...