ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,266, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Stahl International B.V. (Waalwijk, Netherlands).

"Dispersions that are substantially free of volatile organic compounds and that have a high solids content" was invented by Rick Andreas Louis Janssen (Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for the preparation of a polyurethane dispersion with at least one extension agent B that has x hydroxyl groups and y amine groups, where x+yless than=2 with x and y equal or larger than 0, and that has an additional functional group that is capable of forming a salt, such that the dispersion of the polyurethane has a solids conten...