US Patent Issued to NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS, OTSUKA CHEMICAL on May 26 for "Composition for coating materials" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,582, issued on May 26, was assigned to NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan) and OTSUKA CHEMICAL Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Composition for coating materials" was invented by Shinsuke Akizuki (Hirakata, Japan), Yasunori Miwa (Hirakata, Japan), Sachiko Morimoto (Hirakata, Japan), Yuki Inoue (Hirakata, Japan) and Satoru Masumoto (Tokushima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a water-repellent coating composition which enables easy removal of dirt while having good appearance due to high compatibility of a water-repellent component with other materials. The present invention provides a c...