ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,432, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Adhesive composition and method for preparing same" was invented by Myungeun Seo (Daejeon, South Korea), Jongmin Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Eunsook Park (Daejeon, South Korea) and Haeshin Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an adhesive composition and a method for preparing the same, and more particularly, to an adhesive composition having high biodegradability and excellent mechanical properties while being biocompatible, and a method for preparing the same." ...