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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. 11, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 16, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas A Stevenson, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Larry Brandenburger, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
William McCarty, Lancaster, VA (US);
John Mazza, Cheswick, PA (US);
Jeffrey Niederst, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
The Valspar Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G / ; C08K / ; C08L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
523414 ; 427386 ; 428413 ; 428416 ; 525404 ; 525407 ; 525438 ; 525486 ; 525511 ; 525523 ; 525530 ; 525531 ; 528108 ; 528109 ; 528113 ; 522 84 ; 522100 ; 522101 ; 522103 ;
Abstract
The invention provides aqueous, solvent based, and solvent-free curable coating compositions which include (A) the reaction product of epoxy resin, acid, and tertiary amine; (B) reactive diluent, and, optionally, (C) curing agent. The compositions are useful for forming cured coated substrates, that are especially suitable for food and beverage packaging.