l Patent No. U.S. 6,352,586 B1
BASF Coatings has been awarded a patent for a water-dilutable coating composition comprising at least one binder, at least one inorganic pigment other than a metal pigment; at least one metal pigment; at least one phosphoric ester; and at least one fatty alcohol alkoxykate; and optionally, a compound selected from the group consisting of organic pigments, solvents, fillers, plasticizers, stabilizers, wetting agents, dispersing auxiliaries, leveling agents, defoamers, catalysts and mixtures where at least one metal pigment has been passivated.