US Patent Issued to PPG Industries Ohio on June 30 for "Phenolic resin and coating compositions using the same" (Pennsylvania, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,714, issued on June 30, was assigned to PPG Industries Ohio Inc. (Cleveland).

"Phenolic resin and coating compositions using the same" was invented by Se Ryeon Lee (Mars, Pa.), Ross A. Moretti (Pittsburgh), Dennis A. Simpson (Sarver, Pa.), Hiu Yan Cheng (Allison Park, Pa.), Randy E. Daughenbaugh (Monroeville, Pa.), Michael Olah (Pittsburgh), Christophe Rene Gaston Grenier (Pittsburgh) and Inanllely Y. Gonzalez (Cleveland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Coating compositions comprising a phenolic resin and a film-forming resin having functional groups that are reactive with the functionality of the phenolic resin are disclosed herein. T...