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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7807743 | Coating composition and film system therefrom A coating composition is used to form a clearcoat layer of a film system including a basecoat layer and the clearcoat layer. The coating composition includes a carbamate functional polymer, a cross-linking agent reactive with the carbamate functional polymer, and an... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7772304 | Plasticizing component and a curable coating composition including the same A curable coating composition includes a plasticizing component. The plasticizing component includes an isocyanurate core and at least one low surface tension group pending from the isocyanurate core. The low surface tension group may be a) a fatty chain includes at... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7737991 | Method of visualizing a color deviation A method of visualizing a color deviation of an actual color on a vehicle panel being painted utilizing a computer. A reference color image is displayed on a monitor to confirm that the reference color image is the appropriate color image relating to the actual colo... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7654456 | Method and system for managing supplies and performance in a collision center A method and system for measuring performance and ordering supplies in a collision center includes an identification reader for reading product identification tags corresponding products removed from a supply of products. The identification reader also reads a repai... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7553879 | Coating composition curable with ultraviolet radiation A UV radiation curable primer coating composition curable under a UV radiation emitting lamp or sunlight. The coating demonstrates improved curing time and includes ethylenically unsaturated free radically polymerizable compounds and 0.1% photoinitiator or less.... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7544386 | Method of matching a color in a powder paint system including metallic pigment with a color of a liquid paint system A method of matching a color of a powder paint system including a metallic pigment with a color of a liquid paint system includes applying the liquid paint system onto a substrate. A color effect-providing pigment different than the metallic pigment is added to the ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7536231 | Method for determining acceptability of proposed color solution using an artificial intelligence model A method for determining if a proposed color solution, such as paint, pigments, or dye formulations, is acceptable, is provided. The inputs to the system are the actual color values of an item, differential color values, a proposed color solution, and second color v... | 05/19/2009 |
| D590838 | Graphic for a display screen | 04/21/2009 |
| 7446149 | Fast drying clearcoat refinish composition A refinish clearcoat composition includes an hydroxyl-functional acrylic polymer. The acrylic polymer has a number average molecular weight of at least about 5000 and is polymerized using at least about 45% by weight cycloaliphatic monomer, based on total monomer we... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7417102 | Pigment dispersant, method of making coating compositions, and coating compositions A coating composition comprises at least one material dispersed in a vinyl or acrylic polymer, wherein the vinyl or acrylic polymer comprises (a) one or more anchor group monomer units (a) having an ionizable or active hydrogen functionality or a functionality that ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7399793 | Coating composition curable with ultraviolet radiation A clearcoat curable by ultraviolet radiation including at least one of A) acrylate or methacrylate monomers or mixtures thereof having from one to six free-radically polymerizable groups per molecule or B) compounds containing two or more ethylenically unsaturated, ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7375174 | Acrylic composition and a curable coating composition including the same An acrylic composition includes the reaction product of an acrylic polymer, a carboxylic acid compound, and an alkyl carbamate. The acrylic polymer includes the reaction product of a functionalized monomer, a first compound reactive with the functionalized monomer t... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7374686 | Electrocoat manufacturing process The present invention provides a method of preparing an electrocoat coating composition, comprising forming an aqueous emulsion comprising a film-forming component and water and removing at least a portion of the water from the aqueous emulsion by ultrafiltration. | 05/20/2008 |
| 7368501 | Method for improving environmental durability of materials Disclosed is a method of making an environmentally durable material, the method requiring providing a material comprising at least one functional group Fc, and subjecting the material to a free radical source such that substantially all functional groups ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7342077 | Acrylic composition and a method of forming the same via free-radical polymerization An acrylic composition, or star acrylic polymer, includes the reaction product of an initiator, a first compound, and a highly-branched, polyfunctional core molecule. The initiator has a radical-forming portion and a functional group. The first compound, which inclu... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342075 | Carbamate functional addition polymers and method for their preparation Disclosed is a method for making nongelled addition polymers, especially carbamate functional additional polymers from linear unsaturated anhydrides. The method comprises reacting an unsaturated linear anhydride with an active hydrogen compound to provide two monome... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342071 | Clearcoat paint composition A coating composition including a copolymerization product of a mixture of monomers including one or more carbamate-functional monomers and (meth)acrylic monomers, some having carboxylic acid-functionality. The monomer mixture is essentially free of hydroxyl monomer... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7321013 | Method for obtaining coating compositions having reduced VOC Disclosed is a method of making reduced VOC polymers and coating compositions containing such polymers. Provided is a mixture (I) comprising a reactant mixture (a) of polymerizable components and a nonvolatile solvent (bnv) that (i) is not a crystalline s... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7314900 | Aqueous dispersions and aqueous electrodepositable primers The invention relates to aqueous dispersions and aqueous electrodepositable primers made with the aqueous dispersions of the invention. The aqueous dispersion of the invention requires the use of a polymer (a) comprising one or more water dispersible groups per mole... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7297749 | Asymmetric polyisocyanate monomers in urethane polymers and oligomers to reduce crystallinity Compositions comprising a reaction product of a) an asymmetrical, saturated polyisocyanate that is non-cyclic, non-aromatic, and has at least 3 carbon atoms in the polyisocyanate per isocyanate group, b) a material that is at least one of i) a primary carbamate mate... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7297742 | Low VOC waterborne primer with high film smoothness An aqueous thermosetting primer composition includes a polyurethane polymer, an acrylic polymer polymerized in a wax having crosslinkable functionality, and a crosslinking component that is reactive with the wax and at least one of the polyurethane polymer and the a... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7267845 | Coating systems containing modified crosslinkers The present invention provides a crosslinker for organic coatings having an amino resin core with substituents including more than one olefin functional group, a silicon-containing group, and at least one alkoxyalkyl or alkylol group. Coating compositions containing... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7250480 | Acrylic composition and a curable coating composition including the same An acrylic composition includes the reaction product of an acrylic polymer, a carbamate having anhydride-reactive functionality and carbamate functionality, and a carboxylic acid anhydride that is reactive with the carbamate to form a carboxylic acid carbamate. The ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7232863 | Functional addition polymers and a method for their preparation Disclosed is a method for making nongelled functional addition polymers from linear unsaturated anhydrides. The method subjects a linear unsaturated anhydride compound, an active hydrogen compound, and an epoxide compound to reaction conditions such that each of the... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7226971 | Polyester resin with carbamate functionality, a method of preparing the resin, and a coating composition utilizing the resin The present invention is directed to a polyester resin for use in a coating composition. The polyester resin is the reaction product of a first compound comprising a plurality of hydroxyl groups, a lactone compound, a carboxylic acid anhydride, an epoxy compound hav... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7220811 | Acrylic composition and a curable coating composition including the same An acrylic composition includes the reaction product of an acrylic polymer and carbon dioxide. The acrylic polymer includes the reaction product of a functionalized monomer, a first compound reactive with the functionalized monomer to form a functionalized intermedi... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7205029 | Method of providing cured coating films free of popping defects A method for providing cured coating films free of popping defects. The method requires the application to a substrate of at least 2.0 mils/50.8 microns of a uncured curable coating composition comprising an anti-popping component (a), a film-forming component (b), ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7183000 | Method of providing a phosphorescent coating system through wet-on-wet application and a phosphorescent coating system thereof A phosphorescent coating system and a method of providing the coating system on a substrate are disclosed. The method includes applying a color-providing composition, such as a pigmented basecoat composition, and applying a clearcoat composition. After application a... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7179861 | Carbamate functional addition polymers and a method for their preparation A carbamate or terminal urea functional vinyl polymer is prepared by reacting a compound having an hydroxyl group and a carbamate group, terminal urea group, or a group that can be converted to a carbamate or terminal urea group, with a cyclic carboxylic acid anhydr... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7169949 | Silane-modified UV absorbers and coatings Including a triazine UV light absorber having a silane group in a coating improves scratch and mar resistance after weathering. ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7163984 | Waterborne coating compositions containing monomeric difunctional compounds The invention provides curable waterborne coating compositions comprising an aqueous dispersion (A) comprising an organic binder component (A1) comprising at least 5% by weight of a reactive component (a), based on the total weight of organic binder component (A1), ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7160973 | Urethane polymers that reduce the effect of polylactone linkages A composition comprising a reaction product of a diisocyanate, a chain extension agent having at least difunctional reactivity with an isocyanate, and a material comprising a blend of i) a primary carbamate material having at least one functional group reactive with... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7144966 | Acrylic composition for use in coating applications and a method of forming the same An acrylic composition is formed by reacting a functionalized, chain-stopping monomer, a first compound, and a highly-branched, polyfunctional core molecule. The first compound includes vinyl functionality and at least one other functionality that is different from ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7138463 | Carbamate functional addition polymers and a method for their preparation A carbamate or terminal urea functional vinyl polymer is prepared by reacting a compound having an hydroxyl group and a carbamate group, terminal urea group, or a group that can be converted to a carbamate or terminal urea group, with a cyclic carboxylic acid anhydr... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7122605 | Method for selective graft polymerization The invention relates to a method of making an acrylic graft polymer, especially a urethanized acrylic graft polymer. The method of the invention requires an ethylenically unsaturated monomer mixture (a) comprising a monomer (ai) of a particular structure having at ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7087675 | Monomer and polymerization process The β-hydroxy carbamate, ethylenically unsaturated monomer of the invention can be polymerized as a homopolymer or copolymerized with other monomers. The polymerization can be carried out in an aqueous medium. The β-hydroxy carbamate monomer is polymerized to form... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7071267 | Polyester coil coating, process of coating a coil, and coated coil A coil coating composition producing a coil coating with excellent properties at a lower peak metal temperature includes (a) a first, branched polyester with an hydroxyl number of at least about 80 mg KOH/g, (b) a second, essentially linear polyester with an hydroxy... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7060357 | Powder coatings containing symmetrical additives A coating composition contains solid particulates of a mixture of an aminoplast crosslinking agent, a solid polymer having functionality reactive with the aminoplast crosslinking agent, and a crystalline, carbamate-functional additive. The crystalline, carbamate-fun... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7045588 | Polyester resin composition for use in a coating composition and method of preparing the same A polyester polycarbamate resin composition for use in coating compositions to produce films having improved scratch and mar characteristics. The resin composition is the reaction product of a first compound having a plurality of hydroxyl groups with a carbamate com... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7041777 | Coating composition using a polyester resin composition for forming a paint film on a substrate A coating composition for producing films having improved scratch and mar characteristics. The coating composition incorporates a polyester polycarbamate resin composition, a first cross-linking agent, and a cross-linkable resin to form the film. The resin compositi... | 05/09/2006 |
