US Patent Issued to The Sherwin-Williams on Sept. 15 for "Two-coat single cure powder coating" (Minnesota, Missouri, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,549, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to The Sherwin-Williams Co. (Cleveland).

"Two-coat single cure powder coating" was invented by Owen H. Decker (Smithville, Mo.), Thomas E. Reno (Americus, Ga.), Robert D. Breitzman (Ramsey, Minn.), Carlos A. Concha (New Brighton, Minn.), Jeffrey D. Rogozinski (Blaine, Minn.) and Keith M. Kirkwood (Apple Valley, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for coating metal substrates are provided. The methods and systems include sequential application of low flow and high flow powder coatings followed by a single heating step to provide a cured coating. The methods and systems includ...