ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,011, issued on March 24, was assigned to MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY INC. (Tokyo).

"Epoxy resin composition, gas barrier laminate, and packaging material" was invented by Naoko Kobayashi (Kanagawa, Japan), Kazuki Kouno (Kanagawa, Japan) and Ryoma Hashimoto (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An epoxy resin composition containing an epoxy resin, an epoxy resin curing agent containing an amine-based curing agent, and a polyalkylene glycol, as well as a gas barrier laminate and a packaging material in which the epoxy resin composition is used."

The patent was filed on Oct. 6, 2021, under Application No. 18/036,944.

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