ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,914, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to KURARAY Co. LTD. (Kurashiki, Japan).
"Aqueous emulsion and adhesive using same" was invented by Yoriko Imaoka (Kurashiki, Japan), Keisuke Morikawa (Houston) and Tatsuya Tanida (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aqueous emulsion may include an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) as a dispersant and a polymer (B) which contains an ethylenically unsaturated monomer unit as a dispersoid, wherein the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) has an ethylene unit content of 1 mol % or more and less than 20 mol %; and a crystallinity in water at 30deg C. (Cw (30deg C.)) and a cr...