ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,038, issued on June 23, was assigned to Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Duesseldorf, Germany).

"Sealing material, assembly and use of a sealing material" was invented by Mathias Lang (Mannheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention discloses an anti-twisting winding core barrel for winding of water pipe connector PTFE thread seal tape and an anti-twisting mechanism of the anti-twisting winding core barrel, and belongs to the field of building materials. The anti-twisting winding core barrel is mainly suitable for water heating device installation and comprises a winding core barrel body, the center of the winding core barrel bod...