US Patent Issued to AWI Licensing on Sept. 29 for "Coating composition" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,358, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to AWI Licensing LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Coating composition" was invented by Linzhu Zhang (Ephrata, Pa.), John E. Hughes (Lincoln University, Pa.) and Jessica L. Voight (Elizabethtown, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a building panel comprising a body having an upper surface opposite a lower surface and a side surface extending there-between, a coating applied to the side surface, the coating comprising a binder, a pigment composition, and an amphoteric surfactant."

The patent was filed on July 21, 2023, under Application No. 18/224,699.

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