ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,319, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Akzo Nobel Coatings International B.V. (Amsterdam).
"Radiation-curable coating composition, method of coating a substrate and coated substrate" was invented by Bernard Lucas Feringa (Groningen, Netherlands), Johannes George Hendrik Hermens (Groningen, Netherlands), Keimpe Jan Van Den Berg (Amsterdam) and Rogier Van Gemert (Amsterdam).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radiation-curable coating composition is provided comprising a 5-hydroxy or 5-alkoxy-2 (5H)-furanone compound A, and a compound B with two or more vinyl ether or vinyl ester groups, wherein the molar ratio of vinyl moieties in compo...