ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,012, issued on June 2, was assigned to SWIMC LLC.

"Coating compositions including waterborne alkyd resins and metal catalysts" was invented by Mark Schubert (Cleveland) and Leo Lazaruk (Cleveland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a coating composition that generally includes a waterborne alkyd resin and a siccative containing a primary drier in amounts greater than manufacturer-recommended amounts, a methods for applying and preparing such a coating composition. Additional resins and other conventional coatings additives can be formulated into such a coating. Such a coating can yield a cured coating that has a higher pendulu...