ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,210, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to KOLON INDUSTRIES INC. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Alkoxylated resol-type phenol resin and method for producing same" was invented by Yu Sung Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Jeong Eun Yu (Seoul, South Korea), Sang Youb Seong (Seoul, South Korea) and Jong Un Sung (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is related to a method of preparing an alkoxylated resol-type phenol resin and an alkoxylated resol-type phenol resin. An alkoxylated resol-type phenol resin prepared using the method is capable of obtaining a coating film having excellent corrosion resistance, salt resistance, ...