US Patent Issued to AWI Licensing on Sept. 9 for "Flame retardant clear coatings for building panels" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,324, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to AWI Licensing LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Flame retardant clear coatings for building panels" was invented by Linzhu Zhang (Pittsburgh), John E. Hughes (Lincoln University, Pa.), Michelle X. Wang (Lititz, Pa.) and Steven L. Masia (Lancaster, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a barrier coating composition comprising an organic blend comprising a first component and a second component, the first component comprising latex polymer and the second component being selected from polyurethane emulsion, wax emulsion, and alkyd emulsion, wherein the first component and the second compo...