ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,409, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Arkema France (Puteaux, France).

"Crosslinkable aqueous polymer dispersions with aminoacid crosslinker for textile" was invented by Mario Lugli (Boretto, Italy), Leo Mario Saija (Boretto, Italy), Filippo Finetti (Boretto, Italy) and Maria-Chiara Piccinini (Boretto, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an aqueous coating composition, comprising: a) an aqueous polymer dispersion with said polymer containing monomeric units of at least one dicarboxylic acid monomer, bearing two carboxylic acid functional groups and said polymer remaining insoluble in water after neutralizati...