US Patent Issued to NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS on June 9 for "Cationic electrodeposition coating composition" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,857, issued on June 9, was assigned to NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Cationic electrodeposition coating composition" was invented by Namiko Sakai (Hirakata, Japan) and Masayuki Kotani (Hirakata, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a cationic electrodeposition coating composition having good anti-cratering performance. A cationic electrodeposition coating composition comprising a coating film-forming resin (A), a metal compound (B) containing a trivalent metal element, and a silicone compound (C), wherein a content of the metal compound (B) is 0.03 parts by mass or more and less than 4 parts by...