ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,340, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to BROOKWOOD Cos. Inc. (New York).
"Breathable coating compositions" was invented by Thomas Colasanto (Tolland, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Coating compositions and the use thereof are provided for the coating of substrates which provide increased and durable breathability and/or waterproofness to substrates coated with cured films produced therefrom. These increased benefits are achieved through the formation of cured coating films comprising polyurethane domains with specific polymers interspersed between the domains. The polyurethane and secondary polymer are able to interact to form ...