ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,051, issued on July 15, was assigned to Resonac Corp. (Tokyo).

"Latex for adhesive composition and adhesive composition" was invented by Hiroto Kouka (Himeji, Japan) and Yasuhiro Nakagawa (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to (1) a latex for an adhesive composition, the latex for an adhesive composition (A) containing a polymer of an ethylenic unsaturated monomer (a1), a surfactant (a2), and an aqueous medium, the polymer of an ethylenic unsaturated monomer (a1) having a carboxy group, the polymer of an ethylenic unsaturated monomer (a1) having an average particle diameter of 0.30 to 5.00 micro met...