ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,745, issued on May 19, was assigned to Worthen Industries (Nashua, N.H.).

"Radiation curable primer adhesive" was invented by Bob Chang (Nashua, N.H.) and Vincent Chevalier (Nashua, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention involves a 100% solids, radiation curable adhesive formulation for adhesion to EVA. This formulation may have varying compositions, as discussed in detail herein. However primarily the composition may comprise at least a monomer, and a chlorinated additive. Photo initiators may be used to allow for low temperature UV or other radiation curing. Other additives may be used to enhance functional featur...