ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,358, issued on June 24, was assigned to TOYOBO MC Corp. (Osaka, Japan).
"Polyolefin-based coating composition" was invented by Hokuto Yamasaki (Hyogo, Japan) and Kenji Kashihara (Hyogo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a paint formulation that has good storage stability and weather resistance, and that is capable of forming a paint film having excellent water resistance, chemical resistance such as gasohol resistance and fuel resistance, and adhesion. The paint formulation comprises an acid-modified polyolefin (A) and a tackifier (B), and satisfies the following (a) and (b): (a) the acid-modified po...