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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph M Carney, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Bruce A Connelly, Gibsonia, PA (US);
James A Claar, Apollo, PA (US);
Assignee:
PPG Industries Ohio, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L / ; C08L / ; C08L / ; C08L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
525454 ; 525117 ; 525176 ; 525207 ; 5253273 ; 5253288 ; 525440 ; 525528 ; 525533 ;
Abstract
Coating compositions comprising (a) a carboxyl functional adduct which is the reaction product of (i) a compound, polymer or oligomer containing pendant and/or terminal hydroxyl or epoxy functional groups and (ii) citric acid or citric acid anhydride; and (b) an anhydride functional curing agent are disclosed. The coating compositions have accelerated tack-free times and enhanced adhesion to zinc-coated steel substrates without the use of a chrome-containing wash primer.