US Patent Issued to SWIMC on Oct. 14 for "Multi-stage polymeric latexes, coating compositions containing such latexes, and articles coated therewith" (Pennsylvania, Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,817, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SWIMC LLC (Cleveland).

"Multi-stage polymeric latexes, coating compositions containing such latexes, and articles coated therewith" was invented by Robert M. O'Brien (Monongahela, Pa.), Mark Stuetelberg (Hiawatha, Kan.), Joseph D. Desousa (Pittsburgh), Mary Jo Scandolari (Coraopolis, Pa.), Nikolaus Koch (Greensburg, Pa.), Stephen Pollin (Ambridge, Pa.) and Nusrah Hussain (Gibsonia, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aqueous coating composition useful in coating a variety of substrates, including interior or exterior portions of food or beverage cans. The coating composition includes a multi-...