E.i. Dupont De Nemours and Company

Axalta Coating Systems IP Co LLC

Other

Coatings Foreign IP Co. LLC

Sheau-Hwa Ma

Walter R Hertler

Renee Jeanne Kelly

Arthur C Shor

Harry J Spinelli

Ayumu Yokoyama

Howard Matrick

Rajesh Gopalan Saliya

Yongqing Huang

John James Felten

Beatriz E Rodriguez-Douglas

Andrew E Matthews

Jozef Theresia Huybrechts

Ronald Albert Askeland

Robert John Barsotti

Gary W Nickel

Patrick Henry Corcoran

Waifong Liew Anton

Loren E Johnson

Patricia Mary Ellen Sormani

Mark L Choy

Eric C Houze

Ira B Dicker

Delson Jayme Trindade

Michele E Shepard

Ezio Rizzardo

Graeme Moad

Michael Fryd

Robert P Held

John L Stoffel, Jr

San Hoa Thang

John A Simms

Jose Manuel Rodriguez-Parada

Edward Francis McBride

Howard Ensign Simmons, Iii

Dennis S Donald

Loretta Ann Page

Michael W West

Axel Hans-Joachim Herzog

Jerome Hochberg

Joseph E Reardon

Milan Bohuslav Bednarek

Evan D Laganis

Reid E Kellogg

Brian Edward Priore

James Lamonte Adams

Robert James Butera

Peter Walker

Soodabeh Tronson

Neetu Chaturvedi

Harry J Spineli

Palitha Wickramanayke

Jose N Rodriguez-Parada

John Lawrence Stoffel

Renee J Kelly

A polymer includes the reaction product of A, B, and C, and optionally D, wherein: This polymer is included in a composition that further includes a compound such as a particulate solid.

Dispersant polymer and composition comprising the same

A graft copolymer is provided herein. The graft copolymer includes a polymeric backbone. The polymeric backbone includes a cyclic amine-containing moiety. The graft copolymer further includes a first side chain bound to the polymeric backbone, wherein the first side chain includes an acid-containing moiety. The graft copolymer further includes a second side chain bound to the polymeric backbone, wherein the second side chain includes an alkoxylated moiety. Another graft copolymer is provided herein. The graft copolymer includes a polymeric backbone. The polymeric backbone includes a quaternary ammonium moiety formed from a reaction of an amine-containing moiety and an alkylation agent. The graft copolymer further includes a first side chain bound to the polymeric backbone, wherein the first side chain includes an acid-containing moiety. The graft copolymer further includes a second side chain bound to the polymeric backbone, wherein the second side chain includes an alkoxylated moiety.

Dispersants, coating compositions including dispersants, and methods of forming the same

A coating composition for coating a substrate is provided herein. The coating composition includes a first polymer including a first polymer-bound moiety having an acid-functional group, or a derivative thereof. The coating composition further includes a second polymer including a second polymer-bound moiety having an amine-functional group. The coating composition further includes a solvent. The first polymer is substantially free of amine-functional groups and the second polymer is substantially free of acid-functional groups, or derivatives thereof. The acid-functional groups and the amine-functional groups are substantially reactive to each other at least after application of the coating composition to the substrate.

Coating compositions for coating substrates including binder components

A method of making a system for producing coating compositions having a predetermined VOC content includes preparing a paint comprising a resin and a solvent and having the predetermined VOC content or less. Temperature adjusters are prepared containing a resin and having the predetermined VOC content or less. Each temperature adjuster includes a different solvent or a different amount of a solvent compared to the others such that each of the coating compositions formed from one of the temperature adjusters is suitable for application within an ambient temperature range based on a rate of evaporation of the solvent within the ambient temperature range. Each temperature adjuster has no less than 1 wt. % solids based on the total weight of the temperature adjuster. The paint and the temperature adjusters are provided together as the system.

Systems for producing a plurality of coating compositions having predetermined VOC contents and methods for making such systems

A method of making a coating composition includes selecting a temperature adjuster from a plurality of temperature adjusters based on an ambient temperature at which application of the coating composition is to occur. The temperature adjuster contains a resin and a solvent. The resin, the solvent, and/or amounts of the resin and the solvent are based on the ambient temperature. The temperature adjuster contains no less than about 1% solids. The method includes combining a paint with the temperature adjuster. The paint contains a resin and a solvent. The method includes mixing the temperature adjuster and the paint to form the coating composition, wherein the coating composition has no more than a predetermined total VOC content, wherein the predetermined total VOC content is about 1.2 kilograms per liter.

Methods for making coating compositions having predetermined VOC contents, methods for making systems for producing such coating compositions, and temperature adjusters for making such coating compositions

Low solids coating compositions having polyurea rheology control agents, methods for making such coating compositions, and systems for making such coating compositions are provided. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, a coating composition with no more than 30 weight percent nonvolatile content includes a colorant, a polyurea rheology control agent comprising polyurea crystals and a moderating resin, a film forming binder resin, and a solvent.

Low solids coating compositions having polyurea rheology control agents, methods for making such coating compositions, and systems for making such coating compositions

A method of making a coating composition includes selecting a temperature adjuster from a plurality of temperature adjusters based on an ambient temperature at which application of the coating composition is to occur. The temperature adjuster contains a resin and a solvent. The resin, the solvent, and/or amounts of the resin and the solvent are based on the ambient temperature. The temperature adjuster contains no less than about 1% solids and has no more than a predetermined VOC content. A paint is combined with the temperature adjuster. The paint contains a resin and a solvent and has no more than the predetermined VOC content. The temperature adjuster and the paint are mixed to form the coating composition, wherein the coating composition has no more than the predetermined VOC content.

A pigment dispersant comprising a graft copolymer is described. The graft copolymer comprises a backbone having polymerized vinyl imidazole groups and side chains from macromonomers. The vinyl imidazole comprises 2 percent to 20 percent by weight of the graft copolymer and the macromonomer comprises 55 percent to 85 percent by weight of the graft copolymer. The pigment dispersant is useful for forming pigment dispersions that can be used in solvent borne coating compositions.

Graft copolymer pigment dispersant

This invention relates to rapid drying lacquers that are particularly useful for automotive OEM refinish applications. The lacquer includes a novel acrylic triblock copolymer as a replacement material for all or part of the cellulose acetate butyrate binder component. This invention is also directed to a process for producing coatings from the rapid drying lacquers. These lacquers are especially useful in providing chip and humidity resistant coatings, especially metallic effect coatings, having excellent adhesion and down flop or metallic effect.

Rapid drying lacquers containing triblock copolymer for rheology control

The present disclosure is directed to a sag control agent comprising a reaction product of an isocyanate and a fluorinated amine. This disclosure is further directed to a coating composition comprising the sag control agent. This disclosure is also directed to a process of forming a sag-free coating layer on a substrate.

Fluorinated sag control agent and use thereof

The present invention is directed to a method for producing a coating having a desired gloss value on a substrate. This invention is also directed to method for producing a predicted gloss value of a coating on a substrate. This invention is further directed to a method of using a matting agent comprising components derived from renewable resources.

Method for producing coating having desired gloss value

The present invention is directed to a matting agent for reducing gloss of a coating. The matting agent comprises: a) a silica component; b) a polytrimethylene ether diol; c) one or more solvents; and d) optionally, one or more polymers. This invention is further directed to a matting agent comprising components derived from renewable resources.

Matting agent composition containing polytrimethylene ether diol and use thereof

Disclosed is a solventborne coating composition that provides a high quality basecoat especially for automotive substrates, methods for forming a layer of the solventborne coating composition and substrates coated with the coating composition. The coating composition contains an acrylic polymer that has both acid functional groups and polyether functional groups.

Rapid drying lacquers

The present disclosure is directed to a coating composition that is capable of producing coatings being sag-free at high coating thicknesses, having excellent adhesion to substrates, and good appearance. This disclosure is further directed to a coating composition comprising components derived from renewable resources.

High film build coating composition containing polytrimethylene ether diol

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