ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,633, issued on May 6, was assigned to PPG Industries Ohio Inc. (Cleveland).
"Coating compositions" was invented by Marvin Michael Pollum Jr. (Pittsburgh), Joseph Peter Kriley (Valencia, Pa.), Masayuki Nakajima (Wexford, Pa.), Ljiljana Maksimovic (Allison Park, Pa.), Brian Kirk Rearick (Allison Park, Pa.), Adam B. Powell (Wexford, Pa.) and David Joseph Fortman (Pittsburgh).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a composition comprising: an epoxy-containing component, elastomeric particles in an amount of greater than 11% by weight to 25% by weight based on total weight of the composition; and a curing component activatable ...