ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,534, issued on April 29, was assigned to ALLNEX AUSTRIA GMBH (Werndorf, Austria).
"Binder for an aqueous coating composition" was invented by Armin Temel (Graz-St Peter, Austria), Florian Lunzer (Graz, Austria), Robert Potzmann (Brussels) and Richard Hendrikus Gerrit Brinkhuis (Zwolle, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a self-emulsifying polymer US comprises Michael donor groups, wherein the Michael donor groups are acidic C-H groups from activated methylene and/or methine groups, to an aqueous polymer dispersion containing a mixture thereof with compounds having Michael acceptor groups which are acti...