08.15.12 U.S. 8,138,258 B2
Nippon Paint Co., Ltd. has been granted a patent for a clear coating composition for an automobile comprised of a hydroxyl group-containing acrylic resin and a polyfunctional isocyanate compound, wherein: the hydroxyl group-containi…
08.15.12 U.S. 8,147,915 B2
Whitford Corporation has been granted a patent for a non-stick coating composition comprised of at least 40% weight based on total solids of the composition a waterborne phenoxy resin, the phenoxy resin lacking terminal epoxy groups…
08.15.12 U.S. 8,142,858 B2
Valspar Sourcing has been granted a patent for a hardenable packaging coating composition comprised of an under-coat composition, containing: a polyester (co)polymer, and an under-coat cross-linker; and an over-coat composition, con…
08.15.12 U.S. 8,153,034 B2
American Thermal Holding Company has obtained a patent for a fire-retardant composition comprised of a latex binder; at least approximately 30% by weight of alumina trihydrate having at least a bimodal distribution of particle sizes…
08.15.12 U.S. 8,153,163 B2
Kao Corporation has been granted a process for producing a pearl pigment comprised of adding an aqueous solution of a colored metal oxide precursor to an aqueous dispersion of a flaky powder so that the amount of metal ion is 5&time…
08.15.12 A judgement was handed down by a European court in June that Clariant Produkte (Deutschland GmbH), a German pigment manufacturer had been wrongfully claiming that Sudafast 132 (PY191) infringed its patent. It was also held that Clariant had issued un…
07.24.12 U.S. 8,128,744 B2
BASF Coating GmbH has obtained a patent for a water-based coating composition comprised of at least one resin composition for a water-based coating composition, a rheological assistant comprised of at least one polyamide, and at lea…
07.24.12 U.S. 8,133,557 B2
Valspar Sourcing Inc. has obtained a patent for a can comprised of a body portion; and an end portion, wherein at least one of the body and end portions are aluminum and are coated on at least one major surface with a coating compos…
07.24.12 U.S. 8,128,996 B2
Akzo Nobel N.V. has received a patent for a process for primer coating a steel substrate comprised of coating a steel substrate with a shop primer coating comprised of a silica binder, the binder is comprised of an aqueous silica so…
07.24.12 U.S. 8,128,997 B2
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. has been granted a patent for a method of forming a vibration damping paint layer comprised of applying an emulsion paint on a surface where the vibration damping layer is desired, of 1˜5 mm thickness, th…
07.24.12 U.S. 8,128,998 B2
Ecolab USA Inc. has been granted a patent for an autohardenable polyurethane floor coating comprised of approximately 0.001% - 0.01% weight ultrafine zinc oxide having an average particle diameter or average crystallite size of appr…
07.24.12 U.S. 8,128,999 B2
Safas Corporation has been granted a patent for a fluid coating composition comprised of a crosslinkable liquid resin matrix, wherein the resin is an unsaturated polyester resin containing therein uniformly distributed a crosslinked…
07.24.12 U.S. 8,129,021 B2
Eckart GmbH has received a patent for an effect pigments with a platelet-shaped substrate provided at least on one side with at least one of at least one coating of semitransparent metal and at least one high-index coating having a…
07.24.12 U.S. 8,129,026 B2
PPG Industries has been granted a patent for a polyurea comprised of the reaction product of a (meth)acrylate/aspartate amine curative comprised of the reaction product of a polyamine, a dialkyl maleate and/or dialkyl fumarate; and…
07.24.12 U.S. 8,128,904 B2
BASF Aktiengesellschaft has been awarded a patent for a process for preparing a multi-element oxide composition comprised of an element iron and at least one element different from iron and oxygen in oxidic form, comprised of produc…
07.24.12 U.S. 8,133,311 B2
Cabot Corp. has received a patent for a dispersion comprised of a liquid vehicle, a pigment and a non-polymeric dispersant comprised of at least one group having an affinity to the pigment and at least one functional group hav…
07.24.12 U.S. 8,133,582 B2
3M Innovative Properties Company has received a patent for an adhesive composition comprised from approximately 2%-10% weight multifunctional ethylenically unsaturated siloxane polymer, from 2%-10% weight monofunctional ethylenicall…
07.24.12 U.S. 8,133,588 B2
Valspar Sourcing, Inc. has been granted a patent for a coated article comprised of a fiber cement composite substrate; and a coating applied to the fiber cement composite substrate, wherein the coating is formed from a water-based c…
07.24.12 U.S. 8,133,929 B2
Sika Technology AG has obtained a patent for an expandable structural reinforcing material comprised of pellets of coated glass reinforcing fibers, formed by coating glass reinforcing fibers with a molten mixture; wherein the molten…
07.24.12 U.S. 8,133,938 B2
PPG Industries has been granted a patent for a radiation diffraction material comprised of an ordered periodic array of packed particles that diffracts radiation, the array defining interstitial spaces between particles in the array…