US Patent Issued to IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION on July 22 for "Bio-based coatings and adhesives using oils of Physaria fendleri and Euphorbia Lagascae" (Iowa, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,821, issued on July 22, was assigned to IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC. (Ames, Iowa).

"Bio-based coatings and adhesives using oils of Physaria fendleri and Euphorbia Lagascae" was invented by Greg Curtzwiler (Boone, Iowa), Keith Vorst (Madrid, Iowa), Alexandra Ivey (Ames, Iowa) and Sharan Raman (Wheaton, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to polyurethane polymers produced by polymerizing a reactant mixture comprising triglycerides of Physaria fendleri, one or more polyisocyanates, and one or more polyols, wherein the triglycerides of Physaria fendleri have a hydroxyl value ranging from ...