ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,805, issued on June 10, was assigned to KANSAI PAINT Co. LTD. (Hyogo, Japan).

"Coating composition and in-mold coating method" was invented by Katsuto Komura (Kanagawa, Japan) and Yukihiro Nemoto (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a coating composition which is capable of forming a coating film that has excellent adhesion to a base material. The coating composition contains: an isocyanate-reactive group-containing resin (A); a polyisocyanate compound (B); and a hydroxyl group-containing aromatic compound (C) having a number average molecular mass of 100-1,000. The isocyanate-reactive group-...