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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2007
David E. Lindow, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Mark P. Slawikowski, Brighton, MI (US);
David E. Lindow, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Mark P. Slawikowski, Brighton, MI (US);
PPG Industries Ohio, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A grind resin, a pigment dispersion, and a coating composition are provided. The grind resin comprises a reaction product of a dibasic acid, optionally a polybasic acid, a diol, optionally a polyol, and a fatty compound. The fatty compound has a fatty chain and two reactive groups reactive with at least one of the dibasic acid and the diol provided that ≦5% of all acid groups are provided by the polybasic acid and <20% of all hydroxyl groups are provided by the polyol. The reaction product is substantially free from branching comprising the reaction product of acid groups or hydroxyl groups and the dibasic acid, polybasic acid, diol, polyol, or fatty compound. The pigment dispersion comprises a pigment and the grind resin. The coating composition comprises a vehicle resin, the pigment, the grind resin, and a cross-linking agent reactive with the vehicle resin and/or the grind resin.