ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,134, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to STAEDTLER SE (Nuremberg, Germany).

"Modeling material and method for the production thereof" was invented by Denise Schneider (Nuremberg, Germany), Sabina Herdegen (Kastl, Germany) and Mathias Belzner (Cadolzburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oven-hardening modeling material, at least including a binder and a softener, the binder and the softener being in the form of a plastisol, the plastisol being essentially composed of PVC and plasticizer and the mass having an overall plasticizer content of 32 to 60 wt. %."

The patent was filed on April 23, 2021, under Application No. 17/921,...