ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,246, issued on May 12, was assigned to PPG Industries Ohio Inc. (Cleveland).

"Curable film-forming compositions and coated structures with improved corrosion resistance and durability" was invented by Cesar Alejandro Bernabe Nava Ortiz (Atizapan de Zaragoza, Mexico) and Ganesh Desai (Libertyville, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to curable film-forming compositions and coating kits comprising: (1) a resinous component comprising: (a) an acrylic polyol; (b) an aliphatic ketimine that is substantially free, essentially free and/or completely free of silane functional groups; and optionally (c) a pol...