ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,219, issued on June 17, was assigned to KAO Corp. (Tokyo).
"Adhesive composition" was invented by Yutaka Yoshida (Wakayama, Japan), Rinako Hano (Wakayama, Japan) and Kyohei Yamato (Wakayama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an adhesive composition containing (a) modified cellulose fibers having a cellulose I crystal structure, an average fiber length of 1000 nm or less, and an average fiber diameter of 1 nm or more and 300 nm or less; and (b) a resin. According to the present invention, an adhesive composition having excellent mechanical strength such as shearing adhesive strength can be provided....