ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,406, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG (Baar, Switzerland).

"Adhesive composition" was invented by Luigi Perrino (Nago Torbole, Italy), Tiziano Rattighieri (Modena, Italy), Alberto Borghi (Campogalliano, Italy), Corrado Scollo (Modena, Italy), Daniela Hesselbarth (Zurich, Switzerland) and Luz Granizo (Madrid).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adhesive composition, in particular a tile adhesive, includes: a) 10-50 wt. % of a hydraulic binder, b) 20-60 wt. % of lightweight aggregates, c) 10-25 wt. % of a polymer."

The patent was filed on March 23, 2020, under Application No. 17/441,233.

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