US Patent Issued to STM TECHNOLOGIES on May 12 for "Binding composition for several applications" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,145, issued on May 12, was assigned to STM TECHNOLOGIES S.R.L. (Milan).

"Binding composition for several applications" was invented by Marco La Greca (Calvenzano, Italy) and Roberto Massini (Calvenzano, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an aqueous binding composition containing a) a reducing sugar; b) ammonium sulphamate and/or sulphamate of an alkaline or alkaline-earth metal; c) a pH-adjusting agent selected from ammonium hydroxide (NH4OH), an organic and/or inorganic ammonium salt and/or an organic amine; and a resin (or pre-condensate) obtained by reaction of a polyaldehyde, a urea compound and ...