US Patent Issued to SWIMC on Aug. 19 for "Composite particles for water-based coating compositions" (American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,837, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to SWIMC LLC (Cleveland).

"Composite particles for water-based coating compositions" was invented by Jennifer E. Lewane (Cleveland), Mark A. Wasil (Cleveland), Luke Kazmier (Cleveland), Milos Sunjevaric (Cleveland), Jean-Dominique Turgis (Nantes, France) and Tony A. Rook (Cleveland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A waterborne coating composition which includes a film-forming binder and composite particles comprising wax and a metal oxide, such as wax encapsulated zinc oxide, provides enhanced mildew resistance."

The patent was filed on May 9, 2024, under Application No. 18/659,269.

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