ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,928, issued on July 14, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN ISOVER (Courbevoie, France).

"Thermosetting binder composition for manufacturing insulation products containing a water-soluble oligomer ester" was invented by Fabien Hermant (Montrouge, France), Aurelie Legrand (Paris) and William Guerin (Rueil-Malmaison, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermosetting binder composition containing water and a water-soluble oligomer ester of at least one carbohydrate selected from reducing sugars, non-reducing sugars and hydrogenated sugars, hydrogenated sugars being selected from the group consisting of erythritol, arabitol, xylitol, sorbit...