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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8110624 | Coating compositions containing low VOC compounds Coating compositions containing coalescents and a latex polymer, wherein the coalescent has a volatile organic content of less than about 50% and is dispersible in the coating composition. ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 6808752 | Coating compositions Coating composition including a film-forming component, further including (a) a product formed by reacting a mixture including carboxy functional polymer, hydroxy functional polymer, or a mixture thereof, or ethylenically unsaturated monomer, with epoxy resin, and (... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6576343 | Metal articles having a cured topcoat from an acrylate copolymer having a pendant glycidyl groups and an acid-terminated poylester A coating composition for application to primed metal substrates as a topcoat is disclosed. The coating composition is especially useful on metal closures for vacuum-packed food products. The coating composition is free of a halide-containing vinyl polyme... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6551662 | Extrusion coating compositions and method Solid extrusion coating compositions for metal substrates, a method of extrusion coating a metal substrate, and a metal article are disclosed. The extrusion coating composition is a thermoplastic material and comprises: (a) a polyester having a weight ave... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6488760 | Universal paint tinting concentrates A universal tinting concentrate for both solvent- and water-based paints and coatings. The universal tinting concentrate is a composition which includes a colorant component, such as pigment, colorant, tinting agent and/or metal effect agent; a pigment di... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6472472 | Powder coating compositions and method Powder coating compositions for metal substrates, a method of powder coating a metal substrate, and a metal article are disclosed. The powder coating composition is a thermoplastic material and comprises: (a) a first polyester having a weight average mole... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6461688 | Coating composition for metal substrates A coating composition for application to primed metal substrates as a topcoat is disclosed. The coating composition is especially useful on metal closures for vacuum-packed food products. The coating composition is free of a halide-containing vinyl-polyme... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6458439 | Extrusion coating compositions and method Solid extrusion coating compositions for metal substrates, a method of extrusion coating a metal substrate, and a metal article are disclosed. The extrusion coating composition is a thermoplastic material and comprises: (a) a first polyester having a weig... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6420040 | Coating composition for metal substrates A coating composition for application to primed metal substrates as a topcoat is disclosed. The coating composition is especially useful on metal closures for vacuum-packed food products. The coating composition is free of a halide-containing vinyl polyme... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6359062 | Coating compositions Coating composition including a film-forming component, further including (a) a product formed by reacting a mixture including carboxy functional polymer, hydroxy functional polymer, or a mixture thereof, or ethylenically unsaturated monomer, with epoxy r... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6300428 | Quaternized product of epoxy resin, acid and tertiary amine with curing agent The invention provides aqueous, solvent based, and solvent-free curable coating compositions which include (A) the reaction product of an epoxy resin, acid, and tertiary amine; (B) a reactive diluent, and, optionally, (C) a curing agent. The compositions ... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6287377 | Universal paint tinting concentrates A universal tinting concentrate for both solvent- and water-based paints and coatings. The universal tinting concentrate is a composition which includes a colorant component, such as pigment, colorant, tinting agent and/or metal effect agent; a pigment di... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6270855 | Powder coating compositions and methods Powder coating compositions for metal substrates, a method of powder coating a metal substrate, and a metal article are disclosed. The powder coating composition is a thermoplastic material and comprises: (a) a first polyester having a weight average mole... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6235102 | Coating composition for metal substrates containing an acrylate copolymer having pendant glycidyl groups and an acid-terminated polyester A coating composition for application to primed metal substrates as a topcoat is disclosed. The coating composition is especially useful on metal closures for vacuum-packed food products. The coating composition is free of a halide-containing vinyl polyme... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6087417 | Epoxy resin/acid/tertiary amine reaction product with reactive diluent The invention provides aqueous, solvent based, and solvent-free curable coating compositions which include (A) the reaction product of epoxy resin, acid, and tertiary amine; (B) reactive diluent, and, optionally, (C) curing agent. The compositions are use... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5777024 | Urethane resins and coating compositions and methods for their use An allophanate-modified urethane resin is formed by reacting an allophanate-modified isocyanurate with one or more hydroxy-functional olefinic compounds, such as hydroxy-functional acrylates, methacrylates, allyl ethers, or vinyl ethers. Such resins typic... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5686511 | Esterifying epoxy resin with carboxyl polymer and quenching A method of preparing a water-dispersible epoxy resin coating composition comprises: (a) Reacting an epoxy polymer with a carboxyl bearing polymer in the presence of an esterification catalyst; (b) Quenching with an excess of tertiary amine before the esterifi... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5635049 | Epoxy resin based coating composition and method An aqueous coating composition that is particularly adapted for repairing defects in coated metal articles comprises an aqueous dispersion having as its major ingredient an epoxy phosphate ester polymer, a cross-linking agent for the epoxy phosphate ester... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5567781 | Coating compositions containing high molecular weight polyester-epoxy copolymers and having improved resistance to failure during fabrication A liquid coating composition particularly adapted for coating cans. The composition comprises a curable, hydroxyl functional block copolymer which is the reaction product of a 1,2-epoxy resin and a carboxyl functional polyester resin, and a hydroxyl-react... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5296525 | Aqueous coating compositions A coating composition particularly adapted for can coatings is prepared by the addition polymerization of a monomer such as styrene in a reaction medium comprising a modified 1,2 epoxy resin. The epoxy resin is modified by combining a portion of its 1,2-e... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5264469 | Aqueous epoxy resin-based coating compositions useful for coating metal containers An aqueous coating composition that is particularly suited for coating metal containers used for packaging food and beverages. The coating comprises an aqueous dispersion of the reaction product of a 1,2-epoxy resin with a carboxyl functional addition pol... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5177129 | Interior can coating compositions containing cyclodextrins The flavor protecting properties of interior container coating compositions are improved by the inclusion of cyclodextrins in the composition.... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5096959 | Hydrolysis resistant alkyl resin coating composition Base alkyd resins are modified to provided increased hydrolytic stability by reacting them with a polybasic acid composition containing one or more cycloaliphatic polybasic acids, the resulting modified alkyd having an acid number in the range of 25-100 a... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5082922 | Modified-acrylate polymers and coating compositions made therefrom A method is provided for producing a modified addition polymer from an ethylenically unsaturated monomer composition that includes at least one monomer having hydroxyl or carboxyl functionality. The ethylenically unsaturated monomer composition, and a fre... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5039740 | Fatty acid-modified polyester resin composition An alkyd resin coating composition having reduced solvent requirements and excellent physical and cure properties is obtained by blending together a fatty acid-modified polyester resin and an addition-polymerizable monomer or oligomer characterized by vin... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5027973 | Container having integrally formed bail hinge and reinforcing ring A container, such as a pail for holding paint or the like, integrally molded from a resilient plastic material. The container includes an integrally molded bail having ends joined to wall portions of the container by relatively thin, flexible, diametrical... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4981887 | Cationic electrodeposition compositions for producing chip-resistant films To improve chip resistance of an alkyd-type electro-depositable coating composition, there may be added to the composition an ethylenically unsaturated, addition-polymerizable monomer or oligomer having a substantially linear backbone, having a molecular ... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4914139 | Modified alkyd cationic electrodeposition compositions for producing chip-resistant films An alkyd-type electrodepositable coating composition derived from the reaction of a base alkyd with ethylenically unsaturated monomers including an amine-functional monomer is provided with improved resistance to chipping by chemically incorporating in it... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4540751 | High solids, high heat resistant polyester resins and coating compositions containing the same The production of novel polyester resins is disclosed as is the preparation of high solids coatings and paints containing the same. The polyester resins are produced by reacting a mixture comprising: (a) A saturated fatty acid having from 8 to 18 carbon atoms ... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4511692 | Cationic electrodeposition composition A cationic electrodeposition composition comprising the reaction product of one or more base alkyds, containing unsaturation of the fatty acid chains to provide oxidative curing and one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers, and one or more amine fun... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4482661 | Aluminized epoxy-urethane coating A two-component coating system comprising Component A, (1) the reaction product of a diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A, a polyfunctional acid and a mixture of a high base strength and a low base strength amine; (2) a cumarone-indene resin; (3) a thixotropic... | 11/13/1984 |
