ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,520, issued on March 31, was assigned to BASF SE (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany).
"Binder composition, comprising basic substances, for producing a lignocellulosic composite, respective process, use and products" was invented by Gereon Antonius Sommer (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany), Stephan Weinkoetz (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany), David Tuerp (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany) and Johannes Ahrens (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a process for producing a lignocellulosic composite, a binder composition suitable for use in said process, as well as a lignocellulosic composite which ...