ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,788, issued on July 21, was assigned to BASF SE (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany).

"Coating compositions having covalently bound ultraviolet absorbers" was invented by Paul E. Share (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Mervin G. Wood (Riverview, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coating composition includes a coating resin, a triazine ultraviolet light absorber of Formula (I), and a hindered light amine stabilizer, where Formula (I) has the structure:"

The patent was filed on Jan. 13, 2022, under Application No. 17/574,676.

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