ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,103, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to SWIMC LLC (Cleveland).

"Coating compositions including a polyester, articles, and methods of coating" was invented by Christine Beaufreton (Gorges, France), Arnaud Jegousse (Larmor-plage, France), Sebastien Gibanel (Givry, France), Paul Cooke (West View, Pa.), Benjamin Campagne (Montbellet, France), Matthieu Andriot (Attignat, France), Philippe Michel (Le Temple de Bretagne, France) and Floraine Collette (Coureon, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a coating composition useful as a coating on food cans, and particularly as interior white or gold food can coating...