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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2009
Applicants:
Stacey James Marsh, Church Hill, TN (US);
Angela Hartley Honeycutt, Johnson City, TN (US);
Inventors:
Stacey James Marsh, Church Hill, TN (US);
Angela Hartley Honeycutt, Johnson City, TN (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L 67/02 (2006.01); C08G 63/181 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed are polyester resins and solvent borne thermosetting coating compositions that include these resins in combination with at least one crosslinker. The polyester resins contain 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol and exhibit a combination of good solubility in organic solvents and high hardness with good flexibility in a coating composition.