US Patent Issued to AWI Licensing on April 29 for "Multifunctional water-borne high solids tile paint" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,786, issued on April 29, was assigned to AWI Licensing LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Multifunctional water-borne high solids tile paint" was invented by John E. Hughes (Lincoln University, Pa.), Brian L Springer (Lancaster, Pa.), Michelle X. Wang (Lititz, Pa.) and Suzanne M. Huntzinger (Lancaster, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a coated building panel that comprises a side surface that is textured and exhibits a white and/or color. The building panel comprising an upper surface opposite a lower surface and a side surface extending between the upper surface and the lower surface, a coating applied to the side surface...