ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,539, issued on May 26, was assigned to TOYOBO MC Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Polyester resin composition, aqueous dispersion, coating composition, and coating film" was invented by Hiroyuki Mieda (Shiga, Japan), Katsuya Shimeno (Shiga, Japan) and Tadahiko Mikami (Shiga, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is provided that a polyester resin and a polyester resin composition that allow reduction of harmful outgas and can form a coating film having excellent characteristics such as curability, retort resistance, and processability. A polyester resin composition comprising polyester resin (A), wherein the polyester resin composition satisf...