ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,418, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to SWIMC LLC (Cleveland).

"Aqueous coating composition and coating and article formed therefrom" was invented by Wei Yang (Shanghai), Hong Chen (Foshan, China) and Naiwo Yu (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application is directed to an aqueous coating composition and coating and article formed therefrom. In particular, the aqueous coating composition comprises component A comprising a film-forming resin composition, at least one starch, optional aqueous carriers, and optional additional additives; wherein the at least one starch is present in an amount of 2-20% by weight, pre...