ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,682,788, issued on July 14, was assigned to STAEDTLER SE (Nuremberg, Germany).

"Coating agent and its use, and method of producing articles for this use" was invented by Judith Schwemmer (Happurg, Germany), Mathias Belzner (Cadolzburg, Germany) and Arthur Prior (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Main claim: a binder, consisting of at least one wax and optionally additional additives, characterized in that the at least one wax is constituted of at least a base wax portion and a synthetic wax portion and that the melting point of the synthetic wax portion is higher than the melting point of the base wax portion."

The patent was filed ...