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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2009
Elizabeth A. Poole, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Rajeev Farwaha, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Brett C. Beauregard, League City, TX (US);
Alexander Madl, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Jörg L. Schulte, Frankfurt, DE;
Harmin Müller, Hofheim, DE;
Kristy JO Beckman, Houston, TX (US);
Elizabeth A. Poole, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Rajeev Farwaha, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Brett C. Beauregard, League City, TX (US);
Alexander Madl, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Jörg L. Schulte, Frankfurt, DE;
Harmin Müller, Hofheim, DE;
Kristy Jo Beckman, Houston, TX (US);
CELANESE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A water-based, low-emission latex paint formulation includes a vinyl acetate/ethylene (VAE) latex including a VAE resin with from 80 to 95 weight % vinyl acetate residue and from 5 to 20 weight % ethylene residue, optionally including additional monomers as well as a pigment composition including inorganic solids selected from inorganic pigments, inorganic fillers and mixtures thereof present in an amount such that the paint formulation has a pigment volume concentration (PVC) of from 25% to 85%. The formulations are suitable for eggshell and flat latex paints and exhibit surprising durability.