ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,221, issued on June 17, was assigned to SK GLOBAL CHEMICAL Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Use of a particular ethylene-butyl acrylate copolymer in a hot-melt adhesive composition that is transparent in the molten state" was invented by Jean-Michel Bruneau (Gisors, France), Martine Le Nobin (Saint-Aubin le Guichard, France), Jean-Philippe Soriano (Lyons, France) and Florence Quetel (Combon, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermo-fusible adhesive composition comprising at least one ethylene and butyl acrylate copolymer cohesion agent. The thermo-fusible adhesive composition may further comprise at least one adhesive hydrocarbo...