ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,794, issued on March 4, was assigned to Resonac Corp. (Tokyo).

"Composition for producing N-vinyl carboxylic acid amide" was invented by Takamitsu Kobayashi (Fujisawa, Japan) and Naoyuki Tanaka (Kawasaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition for producing an N-vinylcarboxylic acid amide includes (A) an N-(1-alkoxyethyl)carboxylic acid amide and (B) a carboxylic acid amide other than the N-(1-alkoxyethyl)carboxylic acid amide and the N-vinylcarboxylic acid amide, and satisfies the following conditions: (1) the composition has a melting point of 0 to 30deg C.; (2) a water content is 0 to 1.00% by mass in a total amount of...