A highly anticipated patent infringement case between Apple and Samsung Electronics will get under way in a California courtroom on Tuesday after each side spent Monday agreeing on a 10-person jury. Selection of the jury took until just ...
Sensient Colors LLC has been granted a patent for a method of modifying a pigment, the method is comprised of sulfonating a pigment comprised of at least one of an azo pigment, a phthalocyanine pigment, an anthraquinone pigment, a ...
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PPG Industries has received a patent for a method for generating metallic particles in situ in a solid polymer comprised of contacting the polymer with a solution comprised of a solvent, a metal salt and a free radical generator; infusing ...
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Nippon Paint Co., Ltd. has been granted a patent for a clear coating composition for an automobile comprised of a hydroxyl group-containing acrylic resin and a polyfunctional isocyanate compound, wherein: the hydroxyl group-containing ...
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Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc. has been awarded a patent for a waterborne coating composition comprised of water; an emulsion polymer composition comprised of 0.5% weight to 15% weight of a carbonyl functionalized monomer, 0.1 % weight ...
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Kao Corporation has been granted a process for producing a pearl pigment comprised of adding an aqueous solution of a colored metal oxide precursor to an aqueous dispersion of a flaky powder so that the amount of metal ion is ...
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E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company has obtained a patent for a process comprised of digesting ilmenite ore with aqueous ammonium hydrogen oxalate to form a leachate and a precipitate comprised of FeC2O4.2H2O; separating the leachate from ...
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American Thermal Holding Company has obtained a patent for a fire-retardant composition comprised of a latex binder; at least approximately 30% by weight of alumina trihydrate having at least a bimodal distribution of particle sizes ...
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Akzo Nobel Coatings has received a patent for a coating composition comprised of a polyacrylate polyol obtained by polymerization of olefinically unsaturated monomers wherein at least 40% weight of the monomers is comprised of linear or ...
BASF Coating GmbH has obtained a patent for a water-based coating composition comprised of at least one resin composition for a water-based coating composition, a rheological assistant comprised of at least one polyamide, and at least one ...
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Whitford Corporation has been granted a patent for a non-stick coating composition comprised of at least 40% weight based on total solids of the composition a waterborne phenoxy resin, the phenoxy resin lacking terminal epoxy groups; a ...
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Valspar has received a patent for a coated article comprised of a substrate; and a coating disposed on the substrate, the coating is comprised of a reaction product of an electrocoating composition comprised of an epoxy-functional compound, ...
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Valspar Sourcing has been granted a patent for a hardenable packaging coating composition comprised of an under-coat composition, containing: a polyester (co)polymer, and an under-coat cross-linker; and an over-coat composition, containing: ...
A judgement was handed down by a European court in June that Clariant Produkte (Deutschland GmbH), a German pigment manufacturer had been wrongfully claiming that Sudafast 132 (PY191) infringed its patent. It was also held that Clariant had ...
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The Shepherd Color Company has been granted a patent for an amorphous zirconium vanadium oxide/hydroxide product, having a formula of from Zr2V3O12.nH2O to Zr3V4O16.nH2O, wherein n is from 0 to 6, substantially free of salts selected from ...
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