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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1999
William D. Arendt, Libertyville, IL (US);
Mark S. Holt, Barrington, IL (US);
Bruce E. Stanhope, Grayslake, IL (US);
Bruce E. Streeter, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Eric R. Zimmerman, Algonquin, IL (US);
Velsicol Chemical Corporation, Rosemont, IL (US);
Abstract
Compositions comprising at least one acrylic, vinyl acetate or epoxide polymer or copolymer as a film-forming ingredient and an ester of benzoic acid wherein the alcohol portion of the ester is alkyl and contains eight carbon atoms exhibit unexpected improvements in film-forming and applied film properties. In preferred compositions this alcohol portion is 2-ethylhexyl. Additionally, the preferred benzoic acid ester frequently interacts synergistically with benzoic acid esters derived from oligomeric ethylene glycols.