ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,812, issued on June 10, was assigned to INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY OF FOREST PRODUCTS, CAF (Nanjing, China).

"Method for preparing lignin adhesive and product thereof" was invented by Chen Huang (Nanjing, China), Fangmin Liang (Nanjing, China), Xuelian Zhou (Nanjing, China), Jinyuan Cheng (Nanjing, China), Yunni Zhan (Nanjing, China), Wencan Ma (Nanjing, China), Xuze Liu (Nanjing, China), Yongjun Deng (Nanjing, China) and Guigan Fang (Nanjing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for preparing a lignin adhesive and a product thereof are provided. The method includes: treating a wood fiber raw material with a mixed soluti...