US Patent Issued to Battelle Memorial Institute on June 2 for "Bio-based coalescing solvents" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,004, issued on June 2, was assigned to Battelle Memorial Institute (Columbus, Ohio).

"Bio-based coalescing solvents" was invented by Daniel B. Garbark (Columbus, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Coalescing solvents are among the most important components of water-borne latex paints and are required for deposition of continuous and tough films during the final stages of paint drying. Water-borne latex paints require 1-2 weight percent coalescing solvent which translates to use of about 770 million pounds in the US alone. This work focused on developing novel biobased coalescing solvents for water-borne latex paints to perform equiva...