US Patent Issued to Runtai New Material on May 13 for "Coalescing agent for aqueous coating, coalescing agent composition and aqueous coating" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,374, issued on May 13, was assigned to Runtai New Material Co. Ltd. (Jiangsu, China).

"Coalescing agent for aqueous coating, coalescing agent composition and aqueous coating" was invented by Haifei Zhang (Taizhou, China) and Shiyuan Zhang (Taizhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a coalescing agent for aqueous coatings, a coalescing agent composition, and an aqueous coating. The coalescing agent for aqueous coatings is obtained by esterification reaction of fatty acids and glycol ethers. The coalescing agent prepared by the present invention has a boiling point as high as 330deg C., has no irritant...