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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2005
Applicant:
Tito Viswanathan, Little Rock, AR (US);
Inventor:
Tito Viswanathan, Little Rock, AR (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01B 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides coatings useful for preventing corrosion of metals. The coatings comprise a film-forming resin and conductive polymers comprising linearly conjugated π-systems and residues of sulfonated lignin or a sulfonated polyflavonoid or derivatives of solfonated lignin or a sulfonated polyflavonoid. The invention also provides a latex formulation of the coatings, and articles of manufacture comprising a metal substrate and a coating in contact with the metal substrate.