ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,423, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to KANSAI PAINT Co. LTD. (Hyogo, Japan).
"Paint composition" was invented by Masato Nakamizu (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A paint composition contains (A) a binder component, (B) a first rheology control agent, and (C) a second rheology control agent, wherein the first rheology control agent (B) is a non-aqueous dispersion resin (b); the second rheology control agent (C) contains a reaction product of (c1) a polyisocyanate compound, (c2) a primary monoamine having a number average molecular weight of 300 or less, and (c3) a polyether amine having two or more amino groups and havin...