ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,870, issued on April 15, was assigned to INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES BIOFOREST S.A. (Concepcion, Chile).

"Method for producing a natural formaldehyde-free adhesive for wood panels" was invented by Simon Pardo Holtheuer (San Pedro de la Paz, Chile), Bruno Gorrini Belmar (Concepcion, Chile), Karol Peredo Morales (San Pedro de la Paz, Chile) and Alvaro Mauricio Gonzalez Vogel (San Pedro de la Paz, Chile).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing a natural formaldehyde-free adhesive for wood panels, which improves the crosslinking reactions between the crosslinking agent and the binding agent, comprising reacting a plant protein...