ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,433, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to BASF COATINGS GMBH (Muenster, Germany).

"Aqueous coating composition comprising an epoxy resin-based paint base component" was invented by Anna Kondrat (Munster, Germany), Beate Rohkamp (Munster, Germany), Egbert Nienhaus (Munster, Germany), Karin Wever (Munster, Germany), Joerg Ressel (Munster, Germany), Silke Przybilla (Munster, Germany), Tim Voegeling (Munster, Germany), Sibylle Schoeps (Munster, Germany), Monika Tiggemann (Drensteinfurt, Germany) and Sven Gosheger (Drensteinfurt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a specific aqueous two-component coating composition in...