US Patent Issued to W.M. BARR & Co. on Nov. 11 for "Paint remover compositions comprising tetrahydrofuran, alkanediol, and amine and methods of making and using the same" (Tennessee, Mississippi Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,966, issued on Nov. 11, 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 amin...