US Patent Issued to Eastman Chemical on Jan. 20 for "Coating composition containing TMCD polyester and a modifying polyester" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,971, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.).

"Coating composition containing TMCD polyester and a modifying polyester" was invented by Linqian Feng (Johnson City, Tenn.), Cameron Lee Brown (Kingsport, Tenn.), John Thorton Maddox (Jonesborough, Tenn.), Alain Michel Cagnard (Kingsport, Tenn.), Selene Ayde De Leon Ibarra (Kingsport, Tenn.) and Thauming Kuo (Kingsport, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention pertains to coating compositions based on polyesters containing 2,2,4,4-tetrametbyM,3-cyclobutanediol (TMCD) and modifying polyester polyols. Coatings based on such polyester blends are...