US Patent Issued to KUSUMOTO CHEMICALS on March 17 for "Rheology control agents for water-based resins and water-based paint compositions" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,410, issued on March 17, was assigned to KUSUMOTO CHEMICALS LTD. (Tokyo).

"Rheology control agents for water-based resins and water-based paint compositions" was invented by Noriyuki Oya (Saitama, Japan) and Yuki Nakanishi (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rheology control agent for water-based resins may include: 1 mass % or more and 30 mass % or less of an active matter (X) containing a diamide compound (A) and/or a hydrogenated castor oil (A'), the diamide compound (A) being obtained by reacting a diamine component (A1) selected from the group consisting of diamines having 2 to 12 carbon atoms with a monocarboxylic...