ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,108, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Societe BIC (Clichy, France).

"Glue stick composition" was invented by Carine Bethouart (Clichy, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water based glue stick composition includes adhesive and nanocrystalline cellulose. The composition is contained in a glue stick that can be used for planar joining of substrates to one another. The substrates can include paper and/or cardboard such as printer paper, photo paper and cardboard paper."

The patent was filed on April 10, 2020, under Application No. 17/603,760.

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