US Patent Issued to W.M. BARR & Co. on July 15 for "Paint remover compositions comprising tetrahydrofuran, alkanediol, and amine; and methods of making and using the same" (Tennessee, Mississippi Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,075, issued on July 15, was assigned to W.M. BARR & COMPANY INC. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Paint remover compositions comprising tetrahydrofuran, alkanediol, and amine; and methods of making and using the same" was invented by Jonathan Breon (Memphis, Tenn.), Tim Teague (Nesbit, Miss.) and Dennis Shireman (Memphis, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A paint remover composition including (a) tetrahydrofuran (THF) at a sufficient concentration to remove paint; (b) a low vapor pressure (LVP) coupling co-solvent present at an effective amount to maintain miscibility of the single-phase paint remover composition and to remove paint; (c) an ami...