ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,420, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Arkema France (Puteaux, France).
"Use of a renewable composition for coating particles" was invented by Juan Antonio Gonzalez Leon (Lyons, France) and Dominique Imbert (Carrieres Sous Poissy, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the use of a gel formulation, wherein said gel formulation comprises at least: an oil of renewable origin, and a gel-forming agent which forms a gel at temperatures below 50deg C. with the oil of renewable origin. The present invention also relates to a granular material coated with said gel formulation."
The patent was filed on Dec. 9...