US Patent Issued to PPG Industries Ohio on Jan. 13 for "Coating compositions, methods for using them and systems that include them" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,733, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to PPG Industries Ohio Inc. (Cleveland).

"Coating compositions, methods for using them and systems that include them" was invented by Chao Wang (Gibsonia, Pa.), Randy E. Daughenbaugh (Monroeville, Pa.), Ronald J. Kralic Jr. (Beaver Falls, Pa.) and Brian Kirk Rearick (Allison Park, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Coating compositions that include organic solvents and have a shear thinning rheological profile. At high shear rates the coating compositions have a viscosity low enough to flow through an opening in a high efficiency applicator and be applied to a surface. Under low or no shear, the c...