ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,951, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Rohm and Haas Co. (Collegeville, Mich.).

"Methods of making coated substrates having block resistance" was invented by Janah C. Szewczyk (Collegeville, Pa.), Drew E. Williams (Collegeville, Pa.), Katherine A. Faber (Collegeville, Pa.) and Michael D. Bowe (Collegeville, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides methods of making block resistant coated substrates, such as boards, sheets, panels, tiles, assemblies or membranes for use in building and construction, such as for exterior use, the methods comprising coating a substrate with a coating composition of one or more ...