Columbia Insurance Company

Benjamin Moore&co.

Glenn Cooper

Robert J Sheerin

Yong Yang

Johanna Garcia

Johanna L Garcia De Visicaro

Rogina Saad

Kevin Lee

Jonathan Dugan

Ashlee Agens

Ed Ament

Jeff Hood

Kate O'Connor

Marie Saturne

Jeffrey T Spillane

Steve Minassian

Luz Clarena Shavel

Clarena Shavel

Stefanie Iannacone

George M Amrich

Vincent R Libero

William Somers

Johanna L Garcia-Barrios

Kate O'connor

Jeff Spillane

Dimitri Zafiroglu

Gary Dandreaux

Solutions to the problems of scuffing and chipping of the paint films in high traffic areas and in tight spaces, such as dressing rooms in department stores, where multiple scrapings of the wall paints are created by consumers, clothes hangers, shoes, etc., and hallways and conference rooms in office and other commercial buildings are disclosed. Wax seeded latex polymers admixed with an added wax in architectural compositions and optionally with polyurethane resin are utilized to create paint films that are resistant to scuffing and chipping.

Scuff resistant and chip resistant architectural compositions

The present invention is directed to an aqueous architectural composition comprising a low Tg (less than about &#x2212;10&#xb0; C. and higher than about &#x2212;50&#xb0; C.) acrylic emulsion polymer with at least one cross-linkable moiety, and solid polyutherane (PU) or polybutylacrylate microspheres having a mean weight diameter of less than about 40 microns and a Tg of less than about 0&#xb0; C., wherein the solid PU spheres make up about 10% to about 20% by weight of the composition. The solid acrylic polymer without water and the PU spheres make up about 30% to about 40% by weight of the aqueous composition. A dried paint film formed by the inventive aqueous architectural composition can withstand at least about 500 cycles on the scrub test, and a gloss value at 60&#xb0; of less than about 2.5 GU.

Aqueous paint compositions with soft feel and light diffusion effects

Water-borne cross-linking polymeric compositions and related embodiments, such as methods of making and using the compositions, as well as products formed with said compositions are described. The water-borne composition may comprise one or more polymers formulated from one or more monomers of which at least one is a monomer that yields acetaldehyde as a hydrolysis product, and incorporating cross-linking functionality such as, but not limited to, carbonyl or epoxy functionality, and a blocked cross-linking agent, for example, a hydrazone. Neither the cross-linking functionality nor the acetaldehyde reacts with the blocked cross-linking agent; however, the blocked cross-linking agent is capable of conversion to an alternative form cross-linking agent such as, but not limited to, a hydrazide, to yield a cross-linked polymer. The alternative form cross-linking agent may be formed in an equilibrium reaction including the blocked cross-linking agent.

Aqueous cross-linking compositions and methods

The present invention comprises a hybrid latex polymer composition with one or more hydrophobic compound which is a solid or has a 50% distillation temperature of at least 200&#xb0; C. and one or more matrix polymer, wherein the hydrophobic compound is entrapped in the structure of the matrix polymer. Further, the invention is a method of improving resistance to water staining and color rub-off in latex paints by including a hybrid latex polymer.

Paints with improved water staining and color rub-off qualities

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East Hanover, NJ, United States of America

Glenn Cooper