Patents
August 9, 2005
Patent No. U.S. 6,218,500 B1
Tennant Co., Minneapolis, MN, has been awarded a U.S. patent covering a urethane resin composition. The composition is comprised of greater than 55% by weight of primary amine-terminated urethane oligomers free of…
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August 9, 2005
Henkel Patents
Polyurethane Composition
l Patent No. Europe 1 093 482 A
Henkel has patented a polyurethane composition for adhesives and coatings with good flexibility and tensile strength. It is comprised of a polyisocyanate compo…
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August 9, 2005
Light Diffusing Adhesive
Patented by 3M
l Patent No. U.S. 6,288,172 B1
3M Innovative Properties has been awarded a patent for a light diffusing adhesive.
The product is comprised of a PSA matrix with a refractive index of n1…
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August 9, 2005
Foaming Urethane Composition Patented by H.B. Fuller
l Patent No. U.S. 6,288,133 B1
H.B. Fuller Licensing & Financing, St. Paul, MN, has been awarded a U.S. patent for a foaming urethane composition that is comprised of two par…
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August 9, 2005
Patent No. Europe 1 070 748 BA
Powder coatings with improved mechanical properties have been patented by DuPont.
The coatings are obtained from compositions containing 60-70 weight percent epoxy, polyester, blocked urethane or acrylic r…
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August 9, 2005
Patent No. U.S. 6,218,012 B1
Sherwin-Williams has been awarded a U.S. patent for a primerless latex paint. The water-based composition contains at least one tannin-blocking latex resin and spherical extender particles having a maximum pigment l…
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August 9, 2005
l Patent No. Europe 1 095 110 A and 1 095 111 A
International Coatings Ltd. has earned a patent (1 095 110A) for powder coatings with reduced gloss, textured and metallic finishes. The coatings are obtained from a film-forming polymeric compos…
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August 9, 2005
l Patent No. Europe 1 100 850 A
This patent, presented to Messer Griesheim GmbH, covers powder coatings obtained by extrusion at reduced temperature by adding compressed gas such as liquid or supercritical carbon dioxide.…
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August 9, 2005
l Patent No. U.S. 6,217,960 B1
PPG Industries has been awarded a patent for a metal container coating that contains at least one compound selected from acrylate resins and melamine resin, at least one halogenated polymer, a tint-enhancing com…
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August 9, 2005
Aqueous Binders Based on Polybutadiene
l Patent No. U.S. 6,218,477 B1
Hüls, Marl, Germany, has patented a water-soluble or water-dispersible binder based on polybutadienes which are modified in the absence of ethylenically unsaturate…
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August 9, 2005
SC Johnson Patents Amine-Free Thermosetting Compositions
l Patent No. U.S. 5,952,407 SC Johnson Commercial Markets Inc. has patented thermosetting compositions that are free of amines and can be used as solventborne, waterborne and po…
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August 9, 2005
Waterborne Metallic Basecoat
l Patent No. Europe 1 093 496 A
A waterborne metallic basecoat, useful in basecoat/clearcoat systems with reduced strike in and good appearance, has been patented in Europe by Akzo Nobel NV. The preparation a…
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August 9, 2005
Water-Based Adhesion Promoter for Polypropylene
l Patent No. U.S. 6,262,160 B1
Nippon Bee Chemical Co. Ltd., Osaka, Japan and Honda Giken Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, Japan, have been awarded a U.S. patent for a water-based adhesion promoter…
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August 9, 2005
Lord Corp. Patents Polyurethane Compositions
l Patent No. U.S. 6,262,217B1
Lord Corp., Cary, NC, has patented a polyurethane composition which is a reaction product of a polyurethane prepolymer component comprised of (a) about 50-99% b…
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August 9, 2005
l Patent No. Europe 1 062 288 A
Akzo Nobel NV has patented a non-aqueous alkyd coating composition. The coating contains an oxidatively drying alkyd resin, photoinitiator, (latent) acid, and vinyl ether, acetal and/or alkoxysilane covalently bo…
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