US Patent Issued to AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS IP on Sept. 9 for "Cathodic electrocoating composition having reduced volatile organic compounds" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,533, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS IP Co. LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Cathodic electrocoating composition having reduced volatile organic compounds" was invented by Konstantinos Markou (Cologne, Germany), Tim Kosterke (Breckerfeld, Germany) and Thomas Huesmann (Solingen Grafrath, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cathodic electrocoating composition having reduced volatile organic compounds includes: an epoxy resin comprising; a film forming binder, and a cross-linking agent; a pigment paste; water; and about 0.01 to about 10 percent by weight of an oxo-alcohol, based on a total weight of the compositi...