ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,655,330, issued on June 16, was assigned to CertainTeed Gypsum Inc. (Malvern, Pa.).

"Acoustic adhesive composition and laminated building board including same" was invented by Emma Egli (Waltham, Mass.), Nicky Chan (Northborough, Mass.), Melissa Monello (Waltham, Mass.), Choung-Houng Lai (Acton, Mass.), Aldo Glean (Framingham, Mass.) and James N. Gordon (Waban, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, the present disclosure relates generally to a set acoustic adhesive composition having a storage modulus at 20deg C. of at least 2.0 MPa over a frequency of 1-10 kHz, the set acoustic adhesive composition comprising: a continuous...