ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,269, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to COATEX (Genay, France).
"Aqueous coating composition" was invented by Catherine Corfias Zuccalli (Villeurbanne, France), Laurie Parrenin (Villeneuve, France) and Jean-Marc Suau (Lucenay, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition suitable for preparing a coating, such as a paint or a varnish, may include an acrylic acid copolymer thickener, a polymer binder chosen from a vinyl acetate homopolymer, a vinyl acetate copolymer, a vinyl versatate homopolymer, a vinyl versatate copolymer and combinations thereof, and water. A composition including the acrylic acid copolymer and such a polym...