ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,810, issued on June 10, was assigned to SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG (Baar, Switzerland).

"Water-based composition with chemical cross-linking" was invented by Steffen Maier (Wettingen, Switzerland), Nestor Failache (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and Michael Schlumpf (Stallikon, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A single-component sealant or adhesive composition, including: an aqueous polymer dispersion including water and at least one water-dispersed polymer P, at least one water-dispersed or water-dissolved epoxy- or isocyanate-functional cross-linker C with a nominal epoxy- or isocyanate-functionality of at least 2, wherein the at least...