US Patent Issued to SWIMC on Aug. 5 for "Alkali-soluble resin additives and coating compositions including such additives" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,438, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to SWIMC LLC (Cleveland).

"Alkali-soluble resin additives and coating compositions including such additives" was invented by Sebastien Gibanel (Givry, France), Marie Braillon-Girard (Tournus, France) and Samuel Puaud (Tournus, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coating composition is provided that is useful in coating metal substrates such as interior and/or exterior surfaces of food or beverage cans. In preferred embodiments, the coating composition is formulated using a physical blend of a preformed_resin system and an alkali-soluble resin additive."

The patent was filed on June 22, 2023, un...