US Patent Issued to NISSHINBO CHEMICAL on Sept. 16 for "Polycarbodiimide compound, aqueous resin composition and food packaging container" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,882, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to NISSHINBO CHEMICAL INC. (Tokyo).

"Polycarbodiimide compound, aqueous resin composition and food packaging container" was invented by Nobuyuki Matsumoto (Chiba, Japan), Shunta Nakajima (Chiba, Japan) and Takahiko Itoh (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a polycarbodiimide compound that enables an aqueous resin composition capable of forming a coating (layer) having water resistance and adhesion that can withstand use for food packaging to be obtained, an aqueous resin composition containing the polycarbodiimide compound, and a food packaging having a layer formed of the a...