ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,001, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Wacker Chemie AG (Munich).

"Powder paint composition which can be redispersed in water" was invented by Lada Bemert (Winhoring, Germany), Klaus Bonin (Burghausen, Germany), Udo Kotschi (Burghausen, Germany), Hans-Peter Weitzel (Reischach, Germany) and Harald Zeh (Burghausen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powder paint composition. The powder paint composition contains (a) at least one polymer powder which can be re-dispersed in water, (b) pigment and filler, and optionally (c) which may be one or more adjuvants and/or may be one or more hydraulic binders. The at least one polymer powd...