ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,434, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.).
"Curable coating compositions" was invented by Thauming Kuo (Kingsport, Tenn.) and Nick Allen Collins (Fall Branch, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to a curable coating composition comprising: I. at least one acetoacetate functional polyester further comprising the residues of a. a hydroxyl component comprising: i. a diol in an amount ranging from 70 to 100 mole %, based on the total moles of (i) and (ii); and ii. a polyol in an amount ranging from 0 to 30 mole %, based on the total moles of (i) and (ii); b. a carboxyl component...