ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,361, issued on April 7, was assigned to LUMET TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Rehovot, Israel).

"Transferable composition and methods for preparing and using the same" was invented by Benzion Landa (Nes Ziona, Israel), Shlomo Levy (Rehovot, Israel) and Naomi Elfassy (Jerusalem).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is disclosed a transferable composition being applicable to a membrane serving to transfer a pattern of the composition to an intended substrate. The transferable composition comprises a swellable polymer swelled by a swelling agent and particles dispersed therein. Methods of preparing the composition, applying it to a transfer membrane ...