US Patent Issued to PPG Industries Ohio on April 15 for "Impact resistant coating compositions, multi-layer coating systems, and substrates at least partially coated with such compositions" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,861, issued on April 15, was assigned to PPG Industries Ohio Inc. (Cleveland).

"Impact resistant coating compositions, multi-layer coating systems, and substrates at least partially coated with such compositions" was invented by Troy James Larimer (North Huntingdon, Pa.), John Robert Schneider (Sharpsburg, Pa.), Amy Liane Toolis (Pittsburgh) and Anthony Michael Chasser (Allison Park, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A curable coating composition includes: (a) a binder having a film-forming resin with at least two functional groups, and (ii) a curing agent reactive with the functional groups of the film-forming resin; and (b) solid v...