US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia, Noroo Automotive Coatings on March 18 for "Bio-paint composition having improved hydrolysis resistance and method of preparing same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,623, issued on March 18, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and Noroo Automotive Coatings Co. Ltd. (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

"Bio-paint composition having improved hydrolysis resistance and method of preparing same" was invented by Ji Won Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Jae Beom Ahn (Anyang-si, South Korea), Soon Gi Kim (Cheonan-si, South Korea) and Sung Kyu Lee (Cheonan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bio-paint composition and a method of preparing the same can improve the physical properties of a paint by adding acrylic resins having a new composition when the paint ...