US Patent Issued to KANSAI PAINT on April 29 for "Coating material composition, and method for forming multilayer coating film" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,552, issued on April 29, was assigned to KANSAI PAINT Co. LTD. (Hyogo, Japan).

"Coating material composition, and method for forming multilayer coating film" was invented by Kazuya Watanabe (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a coating composition capable of forming a coating film exhibiting excellent scratch resistance over a long period of time even in an outdoor environment. The coating composition including a hydroxyl group-containing resin (A), a crosslinking agent (B), and a dispersion of silica particles (C) having a hydroxyl group-containing acrylic resin (c1) bonded thereto and an ultraviolet abs...