ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,962, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Coating material composition, coating film, and coated article" was invented by Hiroshi Nishimura (Osaka, Japan), Yuu Kadowaki (Osaka, Japan) and Yasukazu Nakatani (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a coating material composition that does not use N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone and has the same performance as conventional ones. The coating material composition contains polytetrafluoroethylene, a polyamideimide resin, and a filler, and being substantially free of N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, wherein the filler has a hardness of 7 to 12 on a new Mo...