US Patent Issued to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture on Sept. 8 for "Enhanced adhesion of cottonseed protein with catechol-containing promoters" (Louisiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,330, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington).

"Enhanced adhesion of cottonseed protein with catechol-containing promoters" was invented by Huai N. Cheng (Metairie, La.), Michael K. Dowd (Metairie, La.) and Zhongqi He (New Orleans).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are adhesive compositions containing a cottonseed protein and a catechol compound containing a carboxyl group, and optionally a carrier. Also disclosed are processes for producing an adhesive composition involving mixing a cottonseed protein and a catechol compound containing a...