US Patent Issued to NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS on March 17 for "Water-based coating composition, and multi-layer coating film" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,408, issued on March 17, was assigned to NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Water-based coating composition, and multi-layer coating film" was invented by Masaaki Kondo (Hirakata, Japan) and Mari Miki (Hirakata, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A challenge of the present invention is to provide a water-based coating composition capable of providing a design superior in depth feeling in the formation of a multilayer coating film having a so-called color clear coating film. The present invention relates to a water-based coating composition comprising a coating film-forming resin (i) and a coloring pigment d...