ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,953, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Immologic BV (Sint Denijs, Belgium).

"Coated article and method for coating of an article" was invented by Marc Anton Charles Thometschek (Zandvoorde, Belgium) and Michael Eckhard Rosanne Laperre (Sint Eloois Winkel, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention describes an extrudable coating composition including a coating thermoplastic polymer and particles, wherein the particles are made from a particle material that has a modulus of compression from 0.1 to 100 MPa. The invention further describes a coating on at least a part of the surface of an article, the coating including a coat...