ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,429, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Laticrete International Inc. (Bethany, Conn.).

"Epoxy based moisture vapor barrier and primer" was invented by Yunbo Chen (Woodbridge, Conn.) and Randall Bright (Naugatuck, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Two-component epoxy-based liquid formulations and their resultant dual use epoxy-based products. The epoxy-based liquid formulations include a liquid epoxy resin composition mixed with a liquid epoxy curing agent composition. The liquid epoxy resin compositions include one or more liquid epoxy resins containing a reactive oxirane structure or epoxide group, while the liquid epoxy curing a...