ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,964, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering (Guangzhou, China).

"Biomass-based anti-smudge paint and preparation method and application thereof" was invented by Ximing Zhong (Guangzhou, China), Xinhua Zhou (Guangzhou, China) and Hongjun Zhou (Guangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biomass-based anti-smudge paint and its preparation method and application are provided. The preparation method includes the following steps: plant oil reacts with mercaptosuccinic acid to obtain a biomass-based polyacid, and then a crosslinker and low-surface-tension substance are added to the bioma...