ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,409, issued on March 17, was assigned to ALLNEX NETHERLANDS B.V. (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands).

"Powder coating composition" was invented by Richard Hendrikus Gerrit Brinkhuis (Zwolle, Netherlands), Robert Watson (Hookwood, Great Britain), Martin Bosma (Arnhem, Netherlands), Petrus Johannes Maria David Elfrink (Boxmeer, Netherlands), Antonius Johannes Wilhelmus Buser (Wehl, Netherlands), Pengcheng Yang (Arnhem, Netherlands), Roberto Cavalieri (Romano d'Ezzelino, Italy), Massimiliano Censi (Cassola, Italy), Robertino Chinellato (Spinea, Italy) and Alessandro Minesso (Morgano, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates...