US Patent Issued to NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS on May 12 for "Water-borne luster coating composition and coated plate" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,230, issued on May 12, was assigned to NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Water-borne luster coating composition and coated plate" was invented by Yoshito Araki (Hirakata, Japan), Hiroshi Kiyonaga (Hirakata, Japan) and Eiji Yamanaka (Hirakata, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a water-borne luster coating composition and a coated plate which can exhibit a metallic design and in which coating film defects are prevented. A water-borne luster coating composition comprising a cellulose ester derivative, a cellulose nanofiber, and a scaly pigment, wherein an amount of a solid contained in the water-b...